Press the Win + X keyboard shortcut or right-click the Windows icon in the taskbar. Type explorer and hit Enter to open a File Explorer window. Click on File Explorer to open a new app window.

If the How do you want to open this file keeps popping up in Windows 11/10, select the default app. If this does not work, use these fixes.

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