Based in rural Minnesota, Brian Burgess worked in IT for 10 years before finding his passion for writing about consumer technology. Brian earned his degree in computer and network technology in 2000.

If you're not happy with the default Windows file manager, you're in luck because there are plenty of options that improve on the original. The file manager is one app that doesn’t always get the ...

Files is a powerful, modern alternative to Windows File Explorer, built on WinUI 3 with a clean UI, dual-pane support, tabs, tags, and advanced tools like previews, Git, and FTP. It fixes many ...

Super-lightweight, small, feature-rich, and customizable, File Pilot is a fantastic file manager for Windows. It is now available in beta for everyone. Windows 11 customers who are not satisfied with ...

There is always a better mousetrap for file management on Windows. Several File Explorer alternatives, such as Files, File Pilot, XYplorer (a dual-pane manager), and others, do better than the default ...