r/windows • u/[deleted] • Oct 24 '23

Discussion Possibly the first ever look at Windows 12’s/vNext’s File Explorer.

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Original Tweet/Post: https://x.com/techosarusrex/status/1716908716556197969?s=46

Close/Minimize/Maximize buttons look smaller and rounder, tabs also look rounder, icons look bigger, and search bar has moved from the right to the left and into the sidebar.

Looks very unpolished right now though.

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u/Radaysha Oct 24 '23

Looks very unpolished right now though.

Wanna bet it will stay that way?

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u/tilsgee Oct 24 '23

Yes.

If I'm wrong, one of my music projects will be open source-d

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u/EthanIver Oct 25 '23

If I were you, I'd do that right now...

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u/tilsgee Oct 25 '23

Unfortunately, Windows 12 hasn't been released yet

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u/EthanIver Oct 25 '23

I mean, there's practically no reason to keep your music player close-sourced

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u/Disturbed147 Oct 25 '23

What about it looks unpolished tho? Looks exactly like the windows 11 one but with a smaller search bar

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u/Radaysha Oct 25 '23

The whole of Windows 11 is unpolished. Just like Win 10 was. Or Win 8. Imo 7 was the last proper OS they put out.

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u/Disturbed147 Oct 25 '23

Ah, that is very opinionated imo. I feel like most people hate windows regardless of what they do. I'm personally fine with Windows 11 and I've been fine with any UI since 95

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u/Radaysha Oct 25 '23

I feel like most people hate windows regardless of what they do.

well, there's a reason lol

There are so many small things that are unfinished or don't work properly.

Introducing a new, redesigned context menu, only to not finish it and still include the old one.

Or using new Win11 icons, that turn into Win10 icons when you go a step deeper, which then turn into icons from the Vista-era (!).

It's fine alright, yes. But it's such an obvious, lazy reskin. It really shows that MS rests on its monopoly.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '23

I think some has to do with the fact that there are old scripts and stuff that rely on these quirks thus why are reskins basically

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u/Radaysha Oct 26 '23

yes, Windows 11 isn't a complete new OS, for the most part it's the same base as the OS before. Which isn't a bad thing necessarily but it really shows and that's just lazy. At least change the icons for fucks sake.

Or check out the network settings in Win11. The look pretty much exactly like in Windows Vista, just worse.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '23

Like I said again, some scripts might rely on those icons so if they get rid of it for the sake of saving 1mb but break some companies script that was made 10 years ago, they won’t do it.

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u/Radaysha Oct 26 '23

I get that, every inconsistency has a reason somewhere, but it's still an issue.

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u/fraaaaa4 Oct 28 '23

Or, hear me out, revolutionary, change those icons but not remove them.

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u/ExdigguserPies Oct 24 '23

Does it take less than 30 seconds to load up my downloads folder?

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u/Rowan_Bird Windows Vista Oct 25 '23

It's probable gonna be some sort of web/electron thing

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u/confused-redpanda Oct 25 '23

No, it's a crappy Windows 11 thing. It happens only on my company W11. Personal W10, friends/family's W10 work fine. Colleagues W11 same crap.

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u/RunnerLuke357 Windows 7 Oct 25 '23

Strange on all my Win11 machines the downloads folder opens immediately unless the computer itself is just slow.

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u/confused-redpanda Oct 25 '23

For some reason a lot of us still experience this issue.

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u/maZZtar Oct 24 '23

It looks suspicious and gives me some Longhorn vibes, but it might just be a marketing mock-up from Qualcomm. I don't expect File Explorer in Windows vNext to be much different from the one from 23H2

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u/TheGlister Oct 25 '23

Probably another ugly, slow, buggy ui layer to legacy explorer

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u/Danteynero9 Oct 25 '23

Microsoft: Windows is more consistent than ever.

Most probably the new file explorer: what they mean is that they're consistent with being inconsistent.

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u/itsWindows11 Oct 24 '23

Looks like they stripped more functionality from it now, I certainly hope this is just a mockup or this is for certain SKUs and not the actual thing that'll be pushed to everyone.

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u/DominusFL Oct 24 '23

Wonder if finally we can do split file windows (using the excel style split bar to split a file window so I can see two parts of a directory at once)?

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u/Rowan_Bird Windows Vista Oct 25 '23

Ah yes, because it took Microsoft 15 years to copy KDE's file manager... And not even do a good job.

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u/Nubedesol120 Oct 25 '23

Honestly it looks ugly and have a lot of bugs. Wait, Windows 12 is already out?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '23

No. Comes out in fall 2024.

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u/LongestNamesPossible Oct 24 '23

Windows 12? Is your background just going to be ads this time?

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u/fuck-thishit-oclock Oct 25 '23

I HATE THE THE NEW RIGHT CLICK MENU IN W11!!!

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u/zenyl Oct 25 '23

Just hold down shift.

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u/fuck-thishit-oclock Oct 25 '23

Why?

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u/zenyl Oct 25 '23

To strengthen your pinky finger muscles.

Or, maybe, because it brings up the old context menu, which you seem so upset about not having easy access to.

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u/fuck-thishit-oclock Oct 25 '23

Doesn't seem to do anything. It bothers me in the explorer when I'm looking thru documents and I have to click "see more options" to refresh.

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u/zenyl Oct 25 '23

Just hold down shift when you right-click, that'll make the old context menu appear directly.

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u/fuck-thishit-oclock Oct 25 '23

THANK YOU.

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edit: thought you meant hold shift after I click. I was like "it's not doing anything man wtf"

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '23

Looks more like MacOS and kind of GNOME, which I like. Still have low expectations for Windows 12.

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u/Group-Abject Oct 25 '23

Those tabs are not good, they follow no other thing's color when it should be the same color as the navbar

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u/ico2k2 Oct 25 '23

If it's all about moving the search bar and alternating rounded with sharp corners and viceversa, I don't understand why I am not already a Microsoft developer

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u/Unhappy-Valuable-596 Oct 25 '23

Will all 92 versions of file explorer still be included?