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This open-source Windows utility automatically organizes everything I download

However, in late 2025, while searching for Windows tools to automate boring tasks, I came across DropIt, an open-source ...
USA Today

On 'SNL,' Trump creates Hunger Games to 'distract' from Epstein files

"Saturday Night Live" is closing out 2025 with a holiday message from President Donald Trump. The cold open of the final "SNL" episode of the year featured James Austin Johnson as Trump delivering a ...
TechSpot

Windows 11's updated File Explorer remains painfully slow despite using twice as much RAM

Facepalm: Users have long criticized Windows 11 File Explorer as inferior to its Windows 10 predecessor. The essential tool suffers from slow launches, sluggish file searches, and delayed right-click ...
PC Gamer

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

It's a little bit better, but you won't even notice. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Windows 11 adoption has been slow for many ...
TweakTown

Microsoft's plan to speed up File Explorer in Windows 11 backfires: double the RAM, still slow

TL;DR: Windows 11's File Explorer remains slower than Windows 10 despite a fix that preloads the app at startup, doubling its RAM usage without significantly improving speed. The slower performance ...
Digital Trends

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

Why this is important: File Explorer isn’t a niche app; it’s the core of how you browse files, move folders, open documents, manage downloads, and more. If it doesn’t feel snappy, everything else on ...
TechSpot

Microsoft finally admits File Explorer is slow, now it's testing a preload fix

Windows XXX: First introduced as "Windows Explorer" back in the Windows 95 era, File Explorer has been an integral part of the PC operating system for decades. File Explorer now serves double duty as ...
The Verge

Microsoft is speeding up and decluttering File Explorer in Windows 11

Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. is a senior editor and author of ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft tests File Explorer preloading for faster performance

Microsoft is testing a new optional feature that preloads File Explorer in the background to improve launch times and performance on Windows 11 systems. According to Microsoft, the app will load ...
PC Gamer

Windows 11 is going to start quietly preloading File Explorer in the background to make it faster, which is a good reminder that you should probably try a different file ...

In the latest Windows Insider beta update released November 21, Microsoft announced the arrival of its full-screen Xbox experience for laptops and desktops alongside a number of other new features and ...
Statesman Journal

Cascade football gearing up for 'season two' as OSAA 4A playoffs start

Some high school football teams get two seasons. Through September, October and early November, teams have the regular season. After that, if a team has a winning combination of skill, good breaks and ...
The Indianapolis Star

Cascade has its sights set on sectional title, Tri-West: 'We’re looking forward to it'

The Cascade Cadets football team finished their regular season with a perfect 9-0 record for the second consecutive year, winning the first Monon Conference title The team's primary goal is to win a ...