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Windows 11's File Explorer is finally giving the squiggly ~ key a job, sending it straight to the user folder - Windows Latest
Publisher description: There’s a new Windows 11 update that will soon give the squiggly ~ key a job, and that is to quickly open folders like your user profile, Documents, Downloads, and, sometimes very importantly, the AppData folder. Right now, if you use the full path to open Ap…
NewsAPI | Oct 5, 2026 | Mayank Parmar
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In our tests, Windows Latest recently observed that “This PC” search in File Explorer is now in line with the Home search experience in Windows 11 preview builds. Did File Explorer’s This PC have a separate search “index” compared to File Explorer’s Home and Windows Search? Well, not really, as File Explorer already used the Windows Search index, but “This PC” used a broader search approach that could include non-indexed locations.
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