Files, a modern take on the File Explorer, is now available through the Microsoft Store. The app includes a beautiful layout and supports plenty of features for everyday use.

In other words, users had to leave their file servers open to security risks to view their contents on Solid Explorer. Now the app has been updated to support SMBv2, which is a great deal more secure.

My favorite Windows File Explorer replacement just got better; How to get started with the Files App on Windows 11 to replace File Explorer; Browse your Android storage wirelessly from Windows 11; ...

Wittenberg copied it from Windows NT 4.0 source code in 2007 and has largely left the look and feel the same. SEE: 20 pro tips to make Windows 10 work the way you want (free PDF) File Manager ...

For Windows NT 4.0 Microsoft rewrote 16-bit File Manager as a 32-bit application, while Wittenberg's work enabled it to run on 64-bit Windows with Visual Studio (VS) 2015 and 2017 support.

Users installing the latest Windows 11 Home Insider builds will find that support for version 1.0 of the venerable SMB file-sharing protocol is now disabled by default, something that may break ...