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| Description | Screenshot of Windows File Explorer running on Windows 11, in version 24H2 (2024 Update). Folders on This PC has been removed and moved to Home (formerly Quick Access) due to design changes by Microsoft. |
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| Author or copyright owner |
Microsoft Corporation |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | Own work |
| Date of publication | 2 May 2025 |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Windows File Explorer |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | To show the File Explorer as used in Windows 11. |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
No free version exists. |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | Used the lowest possible version to keep the image readable |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
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| Other information | Original resolution was 1125x593, now resized to 436x230 using Photoshop with Preserve Details to maintain readability. Resizing lower than this would make the screenshot lose all of it's details, and makes it super unreadable. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Windows File Explorer//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Windows_File_Explorer_25.pngtrue | |
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Microsoft product screenshot, used with permission from Microsoft.
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 11:24, 18 September 2025 | | 640 × 480 (44 KB) | Paowee (talk | contribs) | Updated screenshot. A lot of design changes has been done to File Explorer. |
| 04:52, 11 November 2023 | No thumbnail | 416 × 240 (22 KB) | Paowee (talk | contribs) | Oops, I forgot to also show the tabs demo. Updating once again | |
| 04:46, 11 November 2023 | No thumbnail | 416 × 240 (22 KB) | Paowee (talk | contribs) | Updated screenshot to Win11 23H2. | |
| 15:06, 24 December 2022 | No thumbnail | 436 × 230 (30 KB) | Paowee (talk | contribs) | Updating screen, per non-free reduce request. To preserve most details by force, I used Photoshop's Preserve Details to keep details intact on a low res image. | |
| 07:46, 24 December 2022 | No thumbnail | 691 × 364 (50 KB) | Paowee (talk | contribs) | Updated the screenshot to 22H2. The previous screenshot resized by DatBot is really unreadable, so I had to update it. | |
| 00:03, 11 May 2022 | No thumbnail | 411 × 242 (14 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) | |
| 10:53, 10 May 2022 | No thumbnail | 691 × 408 (27 KB) | Megamanfan3 (talk | contribs) | Shrunk the file even more | |
| 10:51, 10 May 2022 | No thumbnail | 864 × 511 (36 KB) | Megamanfan3 (talk | contribs) | {{Non-free use rationale software screenshot | Description = Screenshot of Windows File Explorer running on Windows 11 | Author = Microsoft Corporation | Source = Own work | Publication = | Date = 2022-05-10 | Article = Windows File Explorer | Purpose = To show the File Explorer as used in Windows 11. | Replaceability = No free version exists. | Replaceability_text = | Minimality = Used the lowest... |
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