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File Explorer

file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system
SoftwareApplication navigational_file_manager Q196305
File Explorer
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Facts

7 properties
Instance of
navigational file manager
Genre
operating system shell, file manager[1][2]
Follows
File Manager, Program Manager[3][4]
Developer
Microsoft[5]
Different from
Explorer++, Xplorer², Finder, GNOME Files[8][9][10][11]
Operating system
Microsoft Windows[6]
Software version identifier
22H2 (10.0.22621.2215)[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en explorer.exe en Windows Explorer en Explorer en File Explorer ar مستكشف Windows ar مستكشف الملفات cs File Explorer cs Průzkumník souborů cs Průzkumník de Explorer.exe de Windows-Shell de Windows-Explorer de Microsoft Datei-Manager de Explorer de Windows Explorer de Windows Shell es Explorer es Windows Explorer es Explorador de Windows es Explorer exe
🔖 Identifiers · 4
Freebase ID
/m/029dsq
NL CR AUT ID
ph316221
Quora topic ID
File-Explorer, Explorer-exe
SteamGridDB ID
5277921

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🔗 Connections
Different from 2
GNOME Files, Finder
Follows 2
File Manager, Program Manager
Genre 2
operating system shell, file manager
Preceded by (successor) 2
File Manager, Program Manager
← Different from 2
GNOME Files, Finder
Developer 1
Microsoft
Instance of 1
software
Operating system 1
Microsoft Windows
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File Manager Microsoft Microsoft Windows software

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  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . support.microsoft.com. Retrieved . support.microsoft.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'h
    Sitelink count → 37
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    "/* wbsetlabel-add:1|pa */ ਫਾਇਲ ਐਕਸਪਰੋਲਰ, import labels from sitelinks"
  2. 7w ago · Rob Kam · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → navigational file manager
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: navigational file manager"
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