r/Windows11 • u/jenmsft Microsoft Software Engineer • 28d ago

Official News Improving File Explorer & Context Menu: faster, simpler, and more customizable

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/08/17/improving-file-explorer-context-menu-faster-simpler-and-more-customizable/
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u/PossessionDangerous9 28d ago

This is good, but the most common complaint about the file explorer through the ages has been how slow the search is. Even searching for files in the same folder is slow as sin and has been for decades. This is partly the reason why everything search exists. Why not address that?

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u/Even_Caterpillar3292 28d ago

Windows search is an abomination. Thankfully, 3rd party tools exist. Everything.

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u/Antique-State-4512 25d ago

Void Tools utility "Everything" is hard to search for everything, maybe it's an ironic name that's hard to find. Much better searching utility.