14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft’s most recent Windows 11 preview build comes with lots of fixes for File Explorer, the default file manager that so many users are sticking with in the operating system.
File Explorer is evolving substantially these days, and in addition to big new features, such as the support for tabs, the application is also being provided with a plethora of fixes that are first tested by Microsoft as part of the Windows Insider program.
The most recent Windows 11 preview build that landed in the Dev channel makes no exception, so File Explorer is getting plenty of fixes, all of them supposed to further polish the experience with the file manager.
One of the most important concerns the support for tabs, as Microsoft says it has managed to correct a bug that caused a crash when dragging tabs around. At the same time, it also fixed a memory leak when using tabs.
Here are the tab-related fixes that are part of the latest build:
- Did some work to fix a memory leak when using tabs with File Explorer.
- Fixed an issue where the preview thumbnail for File Explorer in the taskbar, ALT + Tab, and Task View might show the title of an adjacent tab and not the currently selected one.
- Fixed an issue where Narrator wasn’t reading out the titles of tabs as focus moved through them.
- Fixed an issue where a closed tab might appear again in File Explorer after you dragged File Explorer across your monitors.
- Fixed an issue where the tab row might unexpectedly expand vertically, covering the command bar contents.
- Fixed an issue where the add new tab button wasn’t clearly visible when using Aquatic or Desert contrast themes.
- The add new tab button shouldn’t overlap with the minimize button in the title bar when using text scaling with a lot of tabs open anymore.
All these fixes are currently exclusive to the Dev channel.