Error on Windows 11 makes File Explorer magically open files faster

Especially File Explorer in Windows 11 seems to have flaws. Because when the user opens the file it loads slowly, sometimes Explorer's search bar can take a long time to display the search results.

Recently, a Twitter user Vivy discovered a bug in the operating system that is causing File Explorer to speed up unexpectedly.

According to Vivy, switching File Explorer to full-screen mode by pressing F11 and then continuing to press F11 again to exit full-screen mode will help load the contents of the folder almost instantly. Searching in File Explorer is also faster.

After the above information was shared, users on the r/Windows 11 subreddit tried this simple trick, and as a result, File Explorer loads significantly faster. This guy tried opening a music folder with more than 1800 subfolders and over 25,000 files with the above trick and the result is that everything opens immediately. The result made him say: 'It's amazing. This is the performance we had in Windows 7 Explorer."

All versions of Windows 11, from Canary Insider builds to releases 22000 and 21H2, have this error. Although the bug makes File Explorer faster but

This bug is apparently affecting all versions of Windows 11, from the Canary Insider build to the 22000, 21H2 release.

Jessica Tanner

Update 08 September 2023