Hooray, Microsoft is making File Explorer faster, but it's still slower than Windows 10 and ...

Preloading (or pre-caching) is meant to speed up the load times of File Explorer, which have, so far, been a major downgrade compared to Windows 10. Microsoft is testing loading File Explorer into ...
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Microsoft tests background preloading to speed up File Explorer launch times

The “Enable window preloading for faster launch times” setting is in Folder Options under the View tab. Users can uncheck this box anytime to return File Explorer to its standard behavior without ...

Windows 11’s “fast” File Explorer is slower than ever and hogs more RAM

A new test by WindowsLatest shows that Windows 11’s preloaded File Explorer still launches slower than its Windows 10 ...
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Windows 11 Explorer now has a 'pre-load feature' to speed up startup

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7271 (Dev & Beta Channel), released on November 21, 2025, includes several changes to File Explorer. One of them is the addition of an option called 'Window ...