To change your default file manager in Windows 11, open the Start menu, type the name of the third-party file explorer you installed, and select "Open File Location." ...

Windows 11 can make it easier to access your extensions through apps. Here's how. Windows 11 can keep track of the apps you open and set them by default for faster navigation.

Choose the This PC option from the Open File Explorer to drop down menu. As helpful as it may be to get File Explorer to display This PC by default, there is one more trick that I want to show you.

OpenOffice is a productivity suite that's similar to Microsoft 365 (AKA Microsoft Office). You can set its apps to open files by default.

Windows 11's File Explorer is getting a bunch of new buttons that will make its Home page a lot more convenient.

Microsoft is making it easier to change your default file associations by adding a new search feature that lets you quickly find the extension you wish to modify.