当您想在Windows^(Windows)中浏览文件并使用它们时，大多数人会启动文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}（在Windows 10和Windows 8中）或Windows 资源管理器^{(Windows Explorer)}（在Windows 7中）。虽然这些应用程序是足够好的文件管理器，但对于大多数人来说，它们可以被改进和调整以更好地工作。为了改善您的用户体验^{(user experience)}，我们编制了一份包含 15 个提示的列表，您可以应用这些提示，以便文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}或Windows 资源管理器^{(Windows Explorer)}按照您想要的方式工作：

注意：^(NOTE:)本指南涵盖Windows 10、Windows 7 和Windows 8.1。有些方法适用于所有三个版本的Windows，有些方法只适用于一两个版本。对于每种方法，我们都会提到它适用的Windows 版本。^{(Windows version)}如果您不知道您拥有的Windows版本，请阅读本教程：我安装了哪个版本的Windows？

首先，在文件资源管理器或 Windows 资源管理器中打开^{(File Explorer or Windows Explorer)}文件夹^(Folder) 选项^(Options)

在改进文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}在Windows 10或Windows 8.1中的工作方式以及Windows 资源管理器^{(Windows Explorer)}在Windows 7中的工作方式之前，您需要打开“文件夹选项^{(Folder Options)}”窗口。要了解如何完成此操作，请按照本教程中的说明进行操作：在Windows（所有版本）中打开文件夹选项窗口的 8 种方法。^{(Folder Options window)}

在“文件夹选项”窗口的“^{(Folder Options)}常规^(General)”选项卡中可以找到一些有趣的配置选项，但很多都隐藏在“视图”^(View)选项卡中。

继续阅读本指南，我们将逐个查看每个选项卡，并分享有关^{(tab one)}文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}和Windows 资源管理^{(Windows Explorer)}器可以改进的最有趣的方面。

1.更改文件资源管理器启动时打开的文件夹（仅限Windows 10）^{(File Explorer)}

当您打开文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}时，它会在列出最近使用的文件以及更常用的文件夹的快速访问视图中启动。^{(Quick Access)}如果您不认为此视图有用，您可以将文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}设置为打开列出所有分区、库和用户文件夹的此 PC视图。^{(This PC)}我们认为它更有用。要进行此更改，请在“文件夹选项^{(Folder Options)}”窗口中，查看“常规”选项卡中的“^(General)打开文件资源管理器”^{(Open File Explorer")}下拉列表。单击它，然后选择这台电脑。^{(This PC.)}

如果您希望文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}从您的计算机开始使用与提供给您的两个选项不同的文件夹，请阅读本指南：如何使Windows 10的文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer start)}在您想要的任何文件夹中启动。如果您使用 Windows 7，请改为阅读本指南：设置 Windows 资源管理器^{(Set Windows Explorer)}以在启动时打开OneDrive 或 Dropbox^{(OneDrive or Dropbox)}（或任何其他文件夹）。

2. 在单独的窗口中打开每个文件夹（所有Windows版本）

在“文件夹选项^{(Folder Options)}”窗口的“常规^(General)”选项卡中，查找顶部的“浏览器文件夹^{(Browser Folders)}”部分。在那里，您可以启用一个设置，上面写着：“在自己的窗口中打开每个文件夹。”^{("Open each folder in its own window.")}

此设置如其名称所述，如果您在Windows 计算机^{(Windows computer)}上打开三个文件夹，您将获得三个不同的文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}窗口，每个文件夹一个。

3.单击而不是双击打开文件和文件夹（所有Windows版本）

要在Windows^(Windows)中打开文件和文件夹，您必须双击它们。如果您更喜欢单击，请在“文件夹选项^{(Folder Options)}”窗口的“常规^(General)”选项卡中，选择“单击打开项目（指向选择）^{(Single-click to open an item (point to select))}”。

在此设置下，您还可以选择Windows如何为图标标题加下划线：与您的 Web 浏览器一致或仅在您指向它们时。为了让您了解此更改的外观，请参阅下面的屏幕截图。

所有文件和文件夹都带有下划线，只需单击即可打开。

4.停止文件资源管理器^{(Stop File Explorer)}显示最近使用的文件和常用文件夹（Windows 10和Windows 8.1）

您可能与其他人共享您的计算机，并且您不希望 Windows 和文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}始终显示最近使用的文件和经常使用的文件夹。您可能希望将此信息保密。如果是这种情况，在“文件夹选项”窗口的“^{(Folder Options)}常规^(General)”选项卡中，您可以设置停止此行为。您可以在本教程中找到更多详细信息：如何阻止Windows 10的文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}显示最近的文件和文件夹^{(Recent Files & Folders)}。

现在是时候移至“文件夹选项^{(Folder Options)}”窗口的“查看”^(View)选项卡了。

5.将文件资源管理器设置^{(Set File Explorer)}为始终显示图标，从不显示缩略图（所有Windows版本）

默认情况下，Windows会显示您浏览的文件的缩略图。大多数用户都喜欢这样。但是，如果您正在处理大量文件和文件夹，Windows加载缩略图会变慢。如果是这种情况，您可以通过将其设置为显示图标而不是缩略图来加快速度。图标的加载速度总是比缩略图快。在“文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}”窗口中，转到“查看”^(View)选项卡。在那里，在“高级设置^{(Advanced settings)}”列表中，选中“始终显示图标，从不缩略图”框。^{(Always show icons, never thumbnails.")}

6.将文件资源管理器设置为始终在^{(Set File Explorer)}标题栏中^{(title bar)}显示文件夹的完整路径（所有Windows版本）

当您使用文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}时，其默认行为^{(default behavior)}是在标题栏中^{(title bar)}显示您已打开的文件夹的名称。在“文件夹选项”窗口的“^{(Folder Options)}查看”^(View)选项卡中，有一个设置显示：“在标题栏中显示完整路径”。^{(Display the full path in the title bar.")}

当您启用它时，文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}始终显示您正在浏览的文件夹的完整路径。

您可能会发现此信息很有用。

7. 在Windows^(Windows)（所有Windows版本）中查看隐藏的文件、文件夹和驱动器

默认情况下，文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}不显示设置为隐藏的文件、文件夹和驱动器。要更改此设置，请在“文件夹选项”窗口的“^{(Folder Options)}查看”^(View)选项卡中，选中“显示隐藏的文件、文件夹和驱动器”框。^{(Show hidden files, folders, and drives.")}

8.显示^(Show)空驱动器，如USB 记忆^{(USB memory)}棒或外部硬盘（所有Windows版本）

文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}的一个令人讨厌的功能是，它不会在窗口左侧的“此电脑^{(This PC)}”列表中显示插入Windows 计算机的空可移动驱动器。^{(Windows computer)}他们必须有一些关于他们的数据才能变得可见。您可以在“文件夹选项^{(Folder Options)}”窗口的“查看”^(View)选项卡中禁用此行为。找到一个显示“隐藏空驱动器”^{(Hide empty drives")}的设置并取消选中它。

在Windows 7中，此设置名为“隐藏计算机文件夹中的空驱动器”。^{(Hide empty drives in the Computer folder.")}

9. 设置Windows以显示已知文件类型的扩展名（所有Windows版本）

默认情况下，Windows不显示具有“已知”文件类型（如 .png、.jpeg、.avi、.exe等）的文件的扩展名。这是一个问题，因为某些恶意软件可以使用此“功能”来欺骗您打开名称中带有小猫的“图像”，该图像实际上是一个可执行文件，会用讨厌的勒索软件感染您的计算机。您应该始终在“文件夹选项^{(Folder Options)}”窗口的“查看^(View)”选项卡中取消选中“隐藏已知文件类型的扩展名”的设置。^{(Hide extensions for known file types")}

当您禁用此“功能”并且有人向您发送名为 report.doc.exe 之类的恶意软件时，您会看到真正的文件扩展名^{(file extension)}，并且您会意识到有些地方不对劲。如果启用此“功能”，您只会看到 report.doc，您可能会打开该文件并被感染。

10.设置Windows在单独的进程中启动文件夹窗口（所有Windows版本）

当您使用文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}导航多个文件夹时，在多个窗口中，Windows对所有窗口使用相同的explorer.exe进程。因此，如果一个文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}窗口崩溃，您必须强制关闭所有窗口，才能重新启动文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}并再次使用它。如果启用“在单独的进程中启动文件夹窗口”^{(Launch folder windows in a separate process")}设置，每个文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}窗口都会获得一个单独的explorer.exe进程。因此，如果文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}窗口崩溃，它不会对其他窗口产生负面影响，您可以继续使用它们。

11.设置Windows登录时重新打开上一个文件夹（所有Windows版本）

您可以设置Windows，以便在您登录时，它会在文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}中自动打开您上次打开的文件夹，然后再重新启动您的 PC 或退出您的帐户。在“文件夹选项”窗口的“^{(Folder Options)}查看”^(View)选项卡中，启用“登录时恢复以前的文件夹窗口”的设置。^{("Restore previous folder windows at logon.")}

12. 使用复选框选择文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}中的项目（所有Windows版本）

默认情况下，要在文件资源管理器中选择^{(File Explorer)}文件或文件夹^{(file or folder)}等项目而不打开它们，您需要按住键盘上的CTRL键并单击^{(keyboard and click)}这些项目。如果您希望查看复选框并改用它，请在“文件夹选项^{(Folder Options)}”窗口的“查看^(View)”选项卡中，选中“使用复选框来选择项目”。^{(Use check boxes to select items.")}

启用此设置后，当您将鼠标悬停在每个文件或文件夹^{(file or folder)}的名称附近时，您会看到一个复选框。您可以在下面的屏幕截图中看到它。

13.在文件资源管理器中恢复^{(File Explorer)}库^(Libraries)（Windows 10和Windows 8.1）

默认情况下，文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}中不再显示库部分^(Libraries)。如果您喜欢Windows的此功能并且想要使用它，请检查“显示库”的设置。^{(Show libraries.")}

在本指南中了解有关恢复库^(Libraries)部分的更多信息：如何在Windows 10和Windows 8.1中启用^{(Windows 8.1)}库^(Libraries)。

File Explorer/Windows Explorer（所有Windows版本）左侧显示更多文件夹和驱动器

在文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}窗口的左侧，您会看到一个标准的文件夹列表，其中包括快速访问、OneDrive、这台电脑^{(Quick Access, OneDrive, This PC,)}和网络等内容。^(Network.)如果启用名为“显示所有文件夹”的设置，^{(Show all folders,")}您将在左侧看到更多文件夹。

请看下面的比较。当您将 Windows 设置为显示所有文件夹时，您会看到更多文件夹，例如您的用户文件夹^{(user folder)}、计算机上的分区、控制面板^{(Control Panel)}的链接、回收站^{(Recycle Bin)}等等。

在Windows 10中，此设置位于“文件夹选项”窗口的“^{(Folder Options)}查看”^(View)选项卡中，名为“显示所有文件夹”。^{(Show all folders.")}

在Windows 7和Windows 8中，在“^{(Windows 8)}文件夹选项^{(Folder Options)}”窗口的“常规^(General)”选项卡中可以找到相同的设置。

15.设置文件资源管理器^{(Set File Explorer)}展开你打开的文件夹（所有Windows版本）

默认情况下，当您在文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}中打开文件夹时，窗口左侧的面板中没有任何变化。您始终只看到标准文件夹。但是，您可以将其设置为扩展到您正在浏览的当前文件夹，如下面的屏幕截图所示。

要启用此行为，请选中“展开以打开文件夹”^{(Expand to open folder")}设置。在Windows 10中，它位于文件夹选项^{(Folder Options)}窗口的视图^(View)选项卡中。

在Windows 7和Windows 8中，该设置位于“文件夹选项”窗口的“^{(Folder Options)}常规^(General)”选项卡中，名为“自动展开到当前文件夹”。^{(Automatically expand to current folder.")}

不要忘记按OK 或 Apply^{(OK or Apply)}保存您的更改

完成对文件资源管理器或^{(File Explorer or)} Windows 资源管理^{(Windows Explorer)}器的所有更改后，请不要忘记在“文件夹选项^{(Folder Options)}”窗口中单击“确定^(OK)”或“应用”。^(Apply)否则^(Otherwise)，不会应用您的更改。此外，在结束本教程之前，请与我们分享您所做的更改。您为文件资源管理器^{(File Explorer)}启用或禁用了哪些功能？在下面发表评论，让我们讨论。

15 ways to improve File Explorer or Windows Explorer in Windows (all versions)

When you want to browse your files and work with them in Windows, most peoplе fire up File Explorer (in Windows 10 аnd Windows 8) or Windows Explorer (in Windows 7). While these apps are good-enough file managers, for most people, they can be improved and tweaked to work even better. To improve your user experience, we have compiled a list of fifteen tips that you can apply, so that File Explorer or Windows Explorer work the way you want to:

NOTE: This guide covers Windows 10, Windows 7, and Windows 8.1. Some methods work in all three versions of Windows, others just in one or two. For each method, we mention the Windows version in which it works. If you do not know the version of Windows that you have, read this tutorial: What version of Windows do I have installed?

First, open Folder Options in File Explorer or Windows Explorer

Before making improvements to how File Explorer works in Windows 10 or Windows 8.1, and how Windows Explorer works in Windows 7, you need to open the Folder Options window. To learn how this is done, follow the instructions from this tutorial: 8 ways to open the Folder Options window, in Windows (all versions).

A few interesting configuration options are found in the General tab of the Folder Options window, but many are hidden in the View tab.

Continue reading this guide, as we take each tab one by one, and share the most interesting aspects that can be improved about File Explorer and Windows Explorer.

1. Change the folder opened by File Explorer when you start it (Windows 10 only)

When you open File Explorer, it starts in the Quick Access view that lists the most recently used files, as well as your more frequently used folders. If you do not consider this view useful, you can set File Explorer to open the This PC view that lists all your partitions, libraries and user folders. We consider it more useful. To make this change, in the Folder Options window, see the "Open File Explorer" drop-down list in the General tab. Click on it, and choose This PC.

If you want File Explorer to start using a different folder from your computer than the two options given to you, read this guide: How to make Windows 10's File Explorer start in any folder you want. If you use Windows 7, read this guide instead: Set Windows Explorer to open OneDrive or Dropbox (or any other folder) when starting.

2. Open each folder in a separate window (all Windows versions)

In the Folder Options window, in the General tab, look for the Browser Folders section on the top. There, you can enable a setting that says: "Open each folder in its own window."

This setting does what its name says and, if you open three folders on your Windows computer, you get three different File Explorer windows, one for each folder.

3. Open files and folders with a single click instead of a double-click (all Windows versions)

To open files and folders in Windows, you have to double-click on them. If you prefer a single click, in the General tab of the Folder Options window, choose "Single-click to open an item (point to select)."

Beneath this setting, you also choose how Windows underlines icon titles: consistent with your web browser or only when you point at them. To give you a perspective on how this change looks, see the screenshot below.

All the files and folders are underlined and open with a single click.

4. Stop File Explorer from showing recently used files, and frequently used folders (Windows 10 and Windows 8.1)

You may share your computer with other people, and you do not want Windows and File Explorer to always show the most recently used files and the frequently used folders. You might want to keep this information private. If that is the case, in the General tab of the Folder Options window, you have settings to stop this behavior. You can find more details in this tutorial: How To Stop Windows 10's File Explorer From Showing Recent Files & Folders.

Now it is time to move to the View tab of the Folder Options window.

5. Set File Explorer to always show icons, never thumbnails (all Windows versions)

By default, Windows displays the thumbnails of the files that you browse. Most users like this. However, if you are working with a large number of files and folders, Windows becomes slow at loading thumbnails. If that is the case, you can make it faster by setting it to show icons instead of thumbnails. The icons always load faster than thumbnails. In the File Explorer window, go to the View tab. There, in the list of Advanced settings, check the box that says: "Always show icons, never thumbnails."

6. Set File Explorer to always show the full path of folders in the title bar (all Windows versions)

When you use File Explorer, its default behavior is to show the name of the folder that you have opened in the title bar. In the View tab of the Folder Options window, there is a setting that says: "Display the full path in the title bar."

When you enable it, File Explorer always shows the full path to the folder that you are browsing.

You may find this information useful.

7. See hidden files, folders, and drives, in Windows (all Windows versions)

By default, File Explorer does not display the files, folders, and drives set as hidden. To change this, in the View tab of the Folder Options window, check the box that says: "Show hidden files, folders, and drives."

8. Show empty drives like USB memory sticks or external hard disks (all Windows versions)

One annoying feature of File Explorer is that it does not show empty removable drives that you plug into your Windows computer, in the This PC list from the left side of the window. They must have some data on them to become visible. You can disable this behavior in the View tab of the Folder Options window. Find a setting that says "Hide empty drives" and uncheck it.

In Windows 7, this setting is named "Hide empty drives in the Computer folder."

9. Set Windows to show extensions for known file types (all Windows versions)

By default, Windows does not show the extensions of files that have "known" file types like .png, .jpeg, .avi, .exe, and so on. This is a problem because some malware can use this "feature" to trick you into opening an "image" with kittens in its name that is actually an executable that infects your computer with nasty ransomware. You should always uncheck the setting that says "Hide extensions for known file types" in the View tab of the Folder Options window.

When you disable this "feature," and someone sends you malware named something like report.doc.exe, you see the real file extension, and you realize that something is not right. If this "feature" is enabled, you only see report.doc, and you might open the file and get infected.

10. Set Windows to launch folder windows in a separate process (all Windows versions)

When you use File Explorer to navigate multiple folders, in multiple windows, Windows uses the same explorer.exe process for all windows. Therefore, if one File Explorer window crashes, you have to force close all of them, to be able to restart File Explorer, and use it again. If you enable the "Launch folder windows in a separate process" setting, each File Explorer window gets a separate explorer.exe process. Therefore, if a File Explorer window crashes, it does not negatively affect the others, and you can keep using them.

11. Set Windows to reopen the previous folder when you log in (all Windows versions)

You can set Windows so that, when you log on, it automatically opens in File Explorer the last folder that you have opened, before restarting your PC, or signing out of your account. In the View tab of the Folder Options window, enable the setting that says: "Restore previous folder windows at logon."

12. Use check boxes to select items in File Explorer (all Windows versions)

By default, to select items like a file or folder in File Explorer without opening them, you need to press and hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and click on those items. If you prefer to see a checkbox and use that instead, in the View tab of the Folder Options window, check "Use check boxes to select items."

After you enable this setting, you see a checkbox near the name of each file or folder, when you hover your mouse over it. You can see it in the screenshot below.

13. Bring back the Libraries in File Explorer (Windows 10 and Windows 8.1)

The Libraries section is no longer shown by default in File Explorer. If you like this feature of Windows, and you want to use it, check the setting that says "Show libraries."

Learn more about bringing back the Libraries section, in this guide: How to enable the Libraries in Windows 10 and Windows 8.1.

14. Show more folders and drives on the left side of File Explorer/Windows Explorer (all Windows versions)

On the left side of the File Explorer window, you see a standard list of folders that includes things like Quick Access, OneDrive, This PC, and Network. If you enable a setting named "Show all folders," you get to see more folders on the left side.

See below a comparison. When you set Windows to show all folders, you see more folders like your user folder, the partitions on your computer, a link to the Control Panel, the Recycle Bin, and more.

In Windows 10, this setting is found in the View tab of the Folder Options window, and it is named "Show all folders."

In Windows 7 and Windows 8, the same setting is found in the General tab of the Folder Options window.

15. Set File Explorer to expand the folder that you have opened (all Windows versions)

By default, when you open folders in File Explorer, nothing changes in the panel on the left side of the window. You see just the standard folders, at all times. However, you can set it to expand to the current folder that you are browsing, like in the screenshot below.

To enable this behavior, check the "Expand to open folder" setting. In Windows 10, it is found in the View tab of the Folder Options window.

In Windows 7 and Windows 8, the setting is found in the General tab of the Folder Options window, and it is named "Automatically expand to current folder."

Do not forget to press OK or Apply to save your changes

When you are done making all the changes you want to File Explorer or Windows Explorer, do not forget to click OK or Apply in the Folder Options window. Otherwise, your changes are not applied. Also, before closing this tutorial, share with us the changes you made. What features did you enable or disable for File Explorer? Comment below and let's discuss.

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