Microsoft says it will always run Windows 11 File Explorer in the background to load it faster

Microsoft admitted that File Explorer is slow and can take longer than usual to load, and it’s going to fix it in the next Windows 11 update. But the patch does not involve rewriting specific areas of File Explorer or fixing the root cause. Instead, Microsoft plans to preload File Explorer when you boot your PC.

If you understand Windows a bit, you might wonder how that will work. I mean, is it not like File Explorer always auto-starts on Windows 11 because the taskbar manager, desktop, and even notification centre are dependent on explorer.exe, after all, right? It’s true that explorer.exe always starts, but that does not mean File Explorer is open in the background.

When you boot Windows 11, it always starts the shell, which is linked to Explorer.exe, and it powers features like your taskbar and Start menu, as I mentioned above. But that does not mean File Explorer itself is running in the background, which is not the case.

Now, Microsoft wants File…