Reduce column width size of the File Explorer in Windows 11 By default, the layout view set for the File Explorer is the Details layout view where all the folder details are displayed in columns.

The Windows 7 version of Explorer is both better and worse than its predecessors. Learn how to tweak the layout to better suit the way you work.

A recent update to Files, a third-party file manager on Windows 11, adds a new layout picker that Microsoft should emulate.

That's where "Files" comes in. The third-party app is my favorite File Explorer alternative, and it just got a significant update to version 3.9.

Files UWP is a third-party, open-source file management app for Windows 10 that packs in Fluent Design and extra features to serve as an alternative to the built-in File Explorer.