There are several options for file managers that you can use on Windows computers instead of File Explorer. Here are the seven best file managers for Windows 10/11.

Windows File Manager (winfile) Last year, Microsoft released binaries and the source code, licensed under the MIT License, for an improved version of File Manager able to be run on Windows 10.

Wittenberg copied File Manager from Windows NT 4.0 source in November 2007 and has made a "very limited set of modifications" to enable File Manager, also known as WinFile.exe, to run on Windows 10.

File Manager running on Windows 10 Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge. Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years.

File Manager continued to ship with Windows long after it was replaced by Explorer just in case somebody needed it, but for the last decade or more, Windows hasn't included it.

FILES is a free Microsoft Store File Manager app for Windows 11/10 that comes with tabbed UI, dual pane, layout modes, and more! Read review.

With File Manager, almost every feature was discoverable either through an icon at the top of the window, or when you right-clicked a folder, but in Windows 11 currently, some features, such as ...

With the release of the Windows File Manager in 1990 for Windows 3.0, the graphical user interface (GUI) made it much easier for users of all experience levels to manipulate their files and folders.

Microsoft released a technical preview of Windows 10 for Phones earlier today and one of the new features that comes with the OS is a file manager that makes managing your content quite easy.

Windows 10's next update codenamed '19H1' will reportedly come with Microsoft Flow-powered custom actions for the Action Center, independent dark theme toggle for File Explorer, new Task Manager ...

While there aren’t really a lot of practical reasons to use the original File Manager on a Windows 10 machine today, it’s kind of cool that we have the option.