- Microsoft has made a hidden change in the last Windows 11 update
- File Explorer now opens much faster than he did before
- However, it has gone from being a super a scholarship to simply slow, and Microsoft still needs to assume its performance
Windows 11 has received a hidden benefit with its latest update that arrived at the end of April, since Microsoft has caused File Explorer to be much faster to appear.
Patch KB5055627 gives this benefit, the update of preview for Windows 11 24h2 in April, which is an optional download (which means that it is still in the tests, so it exercises caution around the installation, as with anything that is not finished).
File Explorer is the application that drives the folders (and the files inside) with which he works on his desk, and it is likely that he has noticed that when he opens a folder for the first time, it may be very slow to appear in Windows 11.
There are reasons for that slow initial load (which I will return), but like the latest Windows reports, file explorer now ignites much faster with the last Windows 11 update.
The technological site provides a couple of short video clips that show the difference. Before the optional update, Windows 11 opens the file explorer very In fact, in fact, the elements are visibly missing for multiple seconds, and the window after the patch is completely populated with the interface (and the ‘Home’ tab) in a much faster way.
While the notes of the version for KB5055627 do not mention any movement to improve file explorer, Windows Last communicated with Microsoft, and the company confirmed that this update really contains work for this purpose.
Analysis: faster, but not yet agile enough
Obviously, this is a positive development, but even in its new considerably faster form, File Explorer is still relatively slow to appear during the first times that is called in a session on its PC. There is still a remarkable pause as the interface is loaded, which is far from ideal. In short, it is still too slow in my books, even after these improvements.
Start of Explorer files on my Windows 10 PC sees it appear on the desktop immediately, without breathing pause (barely). Go to my Windows 11 laptop (without the last update mentioned) and open the file explorer, and I am sitting playing my fingers, since they tell me that the operating system is ‘working on it’ in terms of mentioning the content of the window. (That message is literally presented in the window instead of a Doom or Timer wheel).
So why are things so different in Windows 11? Well, as Windows Last explains, it is because Microsoft changed the fundamental parts of the file explorer in Windows 11, and that retouching with the bowels of the application means a little longer load times, composed of the work to bring synchronize the cloud. The result of which is that for some users, File Explorer can be annoying (and this can be particularly frustrating for those who actively do not want any cloud integration).
This optional update is definitely a step in the right direction, mind, but Microsoft still has a little work to do here. That said, I must also keep in mind that, in general, I find that Windows 11 feels more agile and more receptive than Windows 10 in many ways, but definitely not with the file explorer (which has been problematic from the beginning).
I would not recommend downloading this (or any) optional patch, which also includes the complete solution for blue screen locks, some people have been beaten, for reasons that I have already passed earlier this week. But be sure that this faster file explorer should arrive with the next complete patch for Windows 11, the accumulated update that will be launched the following week, on May 13.
