How to Change the Default File Explorer in Windows 11 The following instruction involves editing the registry, which comes with risks, as a single incorrect edit can make your computer unstable.

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.

Learn how to set & apply the same view settings of the current folder, as the default, for all other folders in Windows 11/10, using the same folder template type.

How to set default view in File Explorer Windows 11? To set a default Folder View for all folders in Windows 11/10 PC, open the File Explorer, and access a folder.

If you don't like the default startup location of File Explorer, here's how to change it on Windows 11 version 22H2.

Then use the Windows 11 File Explorer to set the default app that you want for that file type. Then select Open.

In August 2008 I described how to change the default Explorer view in Vista. The steps are about the same in Windows 7. The comments to that post suggest two alternative methods for resetting ...