Preloading (or pre-caching) is meant to speed up the load times of File Explorer, which have, so far, been a major downgrade ...

Preloading makes Windows 11 File Explorer open faster than before, at ~30MB extra RAM. Despite gains, Windows 11's preloaded Explorer still lags Windows 10's Explorer in open/close speed. That ...

WinRAR has an active remote code execution vulnerability, and Windows 10 users are also being targeted by an elevation of ...

CISA warns WinRAR CVE-2025-6218 is under active attack by multiple threat groups, requiring federal fixes by Dec. 30, 2025.

Zip, with its 7z format, has long been considered one of the best apps to compress Windows archives. With PeaZip, you can use 7z as well as newer algorithms like Brotli and Zstandard, which can ...

I've covered a lot of Windows apps for all different needs at SlashGear. Here are five free apps you should install as soon ...

CVE-2025-62221 is listed as a Windows cloud files mini-filter driver escalation-of-privilege vulnerability. Although it only ...

When you see "Disk is either full or read-only" error on Windows 11/10 which makes it hard to save any files on the disk, ...

Microsoft has released the KB5070311 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 systems, which includes 49 changes, including fixes for File Explorer freezes and search issues.

Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. Preloading will help File Explorer launch more quickly on less powerful hardware. is a senior editor and author of ...

Microsoft has released Windows 11 KB5072033 and KB5071417 cumulative updates for versions 25H2/24H2 and 23H2 to fix security ...

Android phones and iPhones haven't played well for years. Platform incompatibility has fostered real-life social friction, like the “green bubble shaming” phenomenon, where iPhone owners exclude ...