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

WinSetView will tweak Explorer, change default Folder View, set column headings enabled across all folders in Windows 11/10 Explorer.

Switch from File Explorer to an alternative like XYplorer or OneCommander—and set the alternative as the default, with the help of a registry hack.

Change this value to 0x00000000, as shown in Figure 3. Now, open File Explorer, select the This PC screen, and refresh the display.

In August 2008 I described how to change the default Explorer view in Vista. The steps are about the same in Windows 7.

Reduce column width size of the File Explorer in Windows 11 By default, the layout view set for the File Explorer is the Details layout view where all the folder details are displayed in columns.

We’ve talked about File Explorer (Windows Explorer in Windows 7) several times before, and if you ask me it’s one of the most important parts of Windows to customize.