If File Explorer isn't responding on your Windows machine, it can lead to headaches. Here are some solutions that might resolve the issue.

Choose the This PC option from the Open File Explorer to drop down menu. As helpful as it may be to get File Explorer to display This PC by default, there is one more trick that I want to show you.

Windows 11's File Explorer is getting a bunch of new buttons that will make its Home page a lot more convenient.

You use File Explorer all the time, but have you mastered it? Here's how to take full advantage of it.

To fix many File Explorer issues, open to Task Manager > Processes, right-click Windows Explorer, and choose "Restart." You can open File Explorer Options window and click "Clear" to clear the ...

This will cause any open copies of File Explorer to close. The Windows Explorer process will restart and you can immediately open File Explorer to see if the problem has been resolved.

Unfortunately, not all of these File Explorer alternatives include a built-in setting to automatically set them as the default file manager on Windows 11.