The Picture Tools menu will appear, highlighted in yellow, in the title bar of your File Explorer window when you open a folder containing picture files. You can quickly rotate photos or set them as your background image directly from File Explorer's Picture Tools menu. From this menu, you can also choose to have the Quick Access toolbar appear above or below the ribbon. You can customize the Quick Access toolbar by clicking the downward facing arrow and ticking (or unticking) the following actions: Undo, Redo, Delete, Properties, New window and Rename. This toolbar holds convenient one-click buttons that let you perform actions like creating a new folder or opening the properties window. The Quick Access toolbar appears by default in File Explorer's title bar. Here you can choose how File Explorer acts - whether folders open in the same window or in new windows, whether folders are opened with single- or double-clicks, etc. You can also customize how File Explorer feels by right-clicking the Quick Access list and clicking Options.
There are three ways to pin a folder to the Quick Access list: Drag the folder from the right pane into the list select the folder and click the Pin to Quick access button in the ribbon or right-click the folder and choose Pin to Quick access from the dropdown menu. The Quick Access list is exactly what it sounds like - a quickly accessible left-pane list of your favorite and most recently-used folders.
Here are a few useful keyboard shortcuts you can use inside File Explorer:Ĭtrl + N: Open a new File Explorer window with the same folder.Īlt + Enter: Open the Properties window of a selected file or folder.Īlt + Shift + P: Show/hide the Details pane. Keyboard shortcuts make everything better! By far the handiest keyboard shortcut is Windows key + E, which will open a new File Explorer window (if you've ever tried to move or copy files between two folders, you know why this shortcut is a lifesaver). Here are some tips - including handy keyboard shortcuts - you can use to make the new File Explorer work for you. Because the File Explorer is where you'll go to find, manage, and otherwise explore your files, you may as well make it as comfortable an experience as you can.
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The File Explorer changed its name in Windows 8 (it was previously known as the Windows Explorer), but it's gotten more functionality in Windows 10.
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