Windows Explorer is the heart and soul of the Windows interface, and overall it works quite well. But you can make it better.

Show all your drives in Windows Explorer:
Depending on your system settings, when you go to Computer in Windows Explorer, you may be in for a shock you may not see all your drives such as memory card readers, if those drives are empty. If this disconcerts you, there's a simple way for you to see them even if there's nothing there in those drives:

Launch Windows Explorer and press the Alt button to reveal the top menu.

Select Tools - Folder Options and click the View tab.

Under "Advanced settings, " uncheck the box next to "Hide empry drives in the Computer ftlder." Click OK. The drives will now always be visible.



Protect the privacy of your Explorer searches:
When you search through your PC from Windows Explorer, you can see the most recent searches that have been performed. If you share a PC and don't want others to see what you've searched for, you can turn off the recent searches feature:

In Explorer's Search box, type GPEDIT.MSC and press Enter to launch the Group Policy Editor.

Go to User C01ifiguration -Administrative Templates - Windows Components -Windows Explorer.

Double-click "Turn off display of recent search entries in the Windows Explorer search box" and select Enabled from the screen that appears. Then click OK. The recent searches feature will now be turned off.