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.

You can make Windows File Explorer open to This PC, instead of Quick Access in Windows 11/10, using GPO< File Explorer Options or REGEDIT.

A Reddit user discovered this trick by chance, which opens the Windows 10 File Explorer in Windows 11.

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

If File Explorer opens very slow to open then you can make Explorer load faster in Windows 11/10 by following these tips.

Update: We previously reported that it was not possible to middle click to open a new tab in File Explorer, but we must have encountered a bug in testing as it turns out you can middle click to ...

Thus likely dramatically lowering the number of File Explorer tabs you need open at any one time down to just one.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a ...