{"id":4640,"date":"2015-02-04T14:22:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T14:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=4640"},"modified":"2017-07-06T11:56:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T11:56:47","slug":"5-methods-to-open-file-explorer-in-windows-8-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/5-methods-to-open-file-explorer-in-windows-8-1\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Methods to Open File Explorer in Windows 10 \/ 8.1 \/ 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since Windows 8, Windows Explorer has been renamed to File Explorer and updated in significant ways. One of the first things I do after installing a new Windows OS is to find the explorer. In this article we’ll show you 5 methods to access File Explorer in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Open File Explorer with Win + E Shortcut<\/strong><\/p>\n

The easiest and quickest way to open File Explorer on all Windows is to press the Windows Key + E combination. Just press Win + E keyboard shortcut and you’ll see the File Explorer open where you can browse through all files on your hard drive.<\/p>\n

Method 2: Open File Explorer from WinX Menu<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can bring up the WinX Menu (also known as Power User Menu) with your keyboard by pressing the Windows key and the X key together. This menu contains quick access to system utilities like the File Explorer, Control Panel, Command Prompt, Task Manager, Device Manager, and more.<\/p>\n

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Method 3: Open File Explorer from the Taskbar<\/strong><\/p>\n

By default, Windows 8.1 includes a File Explorer shortcut pinned to your taskbar. Simply click the shortcut icon on the taskbar and it will launch File Explorer immediately.<\/p>\n

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Method 4: Using the Search Charm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Search (or if you’re using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Search), enter File Explorer<\/strong> in the search box, and then tap or click File Explorer.<\/p>\n

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Method 5: Add a Shortcut on the Desktop<\/strong><\/p>\n

However, most computer users have become accustomed to the way of opening the File Explorer by double-clicking the “My Computer” icon or “This PC” icon on the desktop. <\/p>\n

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To bring the “My Computer” icon back to your desktop, please refer to this article: Display My Computer Icon on Desktop in Windows 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since Windows 8, Windows Explorer has been renamed to File Explorer and updated in significant ways. One of the first things I do after installing a new Windows OS is to find the explorer. In this article we’ll show you 5 methods to access File Explorer in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. Method 1: Open […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1894,39],"tags":[2065,2066],"class_list":["post-4640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-8","tag-open-file-explorer","tag-open-windows-explorer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4640"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9698,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4640\/revisions\/9698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}