By Richard Speed
Publication Date: 2026-05-01 12:42:00
Microsoft is following through on its promise to prioritize Windows stability with its April 30 non-security update.
Ahead of Patch Tuesday, yesterday’s update was chock-full of fixes, including several for Windows Explorer.
According to Microsoft: “This update improves the reliability of relevant explorer.exe processes so they stop after closing File Explorer windows.”
And then there were “General Reliability” fixes. “This update brings underlying changes to help improve explorer.exe reliability, including at sign‑in, when interacting with taskbar menus and Task View, when unpinning items from File Explorer’s Quick Access, and more.”
Microsoft has also improved…
