The File Explorer Replacement - The Files App for Windows!

Productive Tech January 26, 2025
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Hi! I make videos on tech tips and tricks that will make your life easier. On this channel you'll find content helping you use various computer applications (stuff like browsers, MS office and various google apps), Windows 10/11 itself, and potentially the odd website or interesting technology thing I thought would be cool to share. Yes, this is a very small channel but if you learned something new, please do drop a comment letting me know, I'd really appreciate the support!

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The Windows File Explorer, it's been around for a while with very little change over the years. So in this video, I'll show you an alternative to the file explorer that you might want to consider. The "Files" application. This is an open source application that attempts to modernise the Windows 11 File explorer while providing features that should of been added into the File Explorer by default. I'll be going over some of the applications key features, comparing it to the default file explorer and finally I'll go over some of the things that you should consider before switching to it for yourself. Either way, I'm sure you'll appreciate some of the features that this application brings to the table. Though if your looking for some cool videos then be sure to check out the playlists below :D Windows Apps Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLroyKBchlfEkWBv6Q7CEizvTGtyvb8fLq Websites Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLroyKBchlfEnaT1c5KSk015Iyv0Ql1Dg3 VIDEO INFORMATION ---------------------------------- ⏲ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:22 How to get it 1:00 Modern Sidebar 1:17 UI Icons 1:43 Improved View Panel Interface 2:16 App Settings 3:11 The Preview Pane 4:12 Split View 5:00 Compact Overlay 5:31 Column View 5:56 Smooth Scrolling 7:46 Start-up Times 8:46 Performance Hit 9:36 More Prone to Crashing 9:57 Miscellaneous Things 10:19 Is it worth it? --------------------------------- https://files.community/ TOOLS I USE --------------------------------- 📷 Stock Footage and Icons: Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/ Coverr: https://coverr.co/ Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Unsplash (Wallpapers): https://unsplash.com/ Reshot: https://www.reshot.com/ UX Wing: https://uxwing.com/ --------------------------------- 🎵 Audio Sources: Youtube Audio Libary Freesound - https://freesound.org/ --------------------------------- #file #computer #windows Thanks for watching!