Microsoft overhauls Windows 11 File Explorer and context menus for speed

For as long as Windows 11 has existed, a small but persistent friction has lived inside it — the hesitation of a right-click menu that makes users wait before they can act. Microsoft, after years of user complaint, has acknowledged this gap between intention and response, and is now shipping a meaningful overhaul of both File Explorer and the context menu system through its insider testing program. The changes speak to something larger than performance: they reflect a maturing understanding that an operating system is not merely functional infrastructure, but a daily companion whose smallest d