Windows 11: Microsoft finally adds a tabbed File Explorer and an improved taskbar alongside other changes

[Redaktion]

Microsoft has released another update for Windows 11, not long after the company started distributing the 22H2 update. Not only has Microsoft bundled several long-awaited changes, but it has also opened Android app support to more countries and regions.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Windows-11-Microsoft-finally-adds-a-tabbed-File-Explorer-and-an-improved-taskbar-alongside-other-changes.662892.0.html

[Jnickj6]

Tabbed, but still too many clicks to do what used to be a single click in previous file managers. There's  no move-to or copy-to function, without 3rd party tools or repeated registry entries that get obliterated with every simple Windows update.  Windows 11 may be sexy, but for production work, it's the equivalent of lipstick on a pig.

[Codrut Nistor]

Wasted resources. They would better just buy Total Commander and integrate it into the OS...

[ddssavfaX]

the recent years changes seem to me like they are changing stuff just for the sake of changing something. Unfortunately it still looks like a mess, an afterthought.

[Huovas]

Let's say, at least, that all thèse changes are in the right direction

[Trael]

Tabbed, but still too many clicks to do what used to be a single click in previous file managers. There's  no move-to or copy-to function, without 3rd party tools or repeated registry entries that get obliterated with every simple Windows update.  Windows 11 may be sexy, but for production work, it's the equivalent of lipstick on a pig.

If you're right-clicking to do move-to or copy-to, you are not doing production work. Ctrl-x or ctrl-c and then ctrl-v. Or drag the thing to where you want it and hold Ctrl when dropping if you just want to copy instead of move.

[NikoB]

Wasted resources. They would better just buy Total Commander and integrate it into the OS...

Everything that M$ buys up ends up as useless junk. We have been crying about Skype for a long time...

Instead of doing this kind of stuff, they'd better add a classic theme like in W2K/XP/W7 where the compact buttons are at the top right of the screen, which allows you to fit a lot more windows on one screen. which is extremely important for professionals with complexly configured interfaces for a classic, compact theme. People are desperate, starting with W8 they even have to patch system dlls to get rid of the interface for housewives. I would still understand if such a restriction was in the Home version, but these morons did the same in Pro +! It's just nonsense in corporate and Pro versions, don't give professionals full flexibility in customizing the interface! I would have fired the entire M$ development department long ago. And their mix of new UI with the old in W10 is just an indicator of the real attitude of the company's bosses to the development of the interface and the OS as a whole. You can talk endlessly about bugs and glitches in the OS and driver control during "certification", but it's all useless. Windows is no longer a key product for M$ owners - it now focuses on cloud services and even more attempts to drive citizens into the clouds with full control and monetization of their activities and data. That's where it's all going...

[NikoB]

By the way, the "vaunted" Total Commander still cannot copy files with a full set of timestamps (all 3 attributes - created time, accessed, modified), unlike the Russian "Far", where this is done with one checkmark in the copy settings, which is many times hinders the required level of synchronization of backups.

[heffeque]

If you're right-clicking to do move-to or copy-to, you are not doing production work. Ctrl-x or ctrl-c and then ctrl-v. Or drag the thing to where you want it and hold Ctrl when dropping if you just want to copy instead of move.

This.

Let's say, at least, that all thèse changes are in the right direction

And this.

[Hardware Geek]

Definitely glad to get a tabbed file explorer integrated into the OS