Is Win 10 adding tabs to Windows Explorer later this year?
I recently read an article that Windows 10 will be adding tabs to Windows Explorer later this year as part of a Windows 10 update (just like how all modern web browsers allow multiple websites to be opened in different tabs). These tabs will allow different Windows Explorer windows to be opened in different tabs.
Is this feature actually going to be added and when is the expected date when it will be added?
Is this feature actually going to be added and when is the expected date when it will be added?
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You need a second, non-production machine. Never put an insider build on a production machine unless you are prepared to format and reinstall Windows.
Then Start, Settings, Update, and go to Insider Program and apply.
Separately I am a Microsoft MVP so have been part of the insider program for a while.
Then Start, Settings, Update, and go to Insider Program and apply.
Separately I am a Microsoft MVP so have been part of the insider program for a while.
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Yes I mentioned above it is already here in the insider build
From the article above "you can now drag and drop tabs within Sets and combine several tabbed app windows into one"
I already do this with One Note: Word, Adobe, Native One Note and Web Links in a One Note Page.
So in some ways this function may compete with One Note.
I already do this with One Note: Word, Adobe, Native One Note and Web Links in a One Note Page.
So in some ways this function may compete with One Note.
It is worth noting that there have been leaks regarding Microsoft testing a native explorer app that does away with win32 legacy code and does indeed have tabs. This is separate from sets which is about multiple applications in tabs.
When will sets or the new explorer app ship? Maybe never. Microsoft has floated and pulled features on insider builds before. Take NOTHING for granted. A feature will ship if and when it is ready.
Sets is a great example. It was tested on RS4 insider builds as well. And if you had asked this in September, someone may have speculated that it'd ship in the April update. But it got pulled and bumped to a later build because it wasn't ready.
Maybe it makes RS5. Or maybe testing will reveal it to be too confusing and it gets dropped.
Anything anybody posts here is either speculation or a serious breach of an NDA. Or both.
When will sets or the new explorer app ship? Maybe never. Microsoft has floated and pulled features on insider builds before. Take NOTHING for granted. A feature will ship if and when it is ready.
Sets is a great example. It was tested on RS4 insider builds as well. And if you had asked this in September, someone may have speculated that it'd ship in the April update. But it got pulled and bumped to a later build because it wasn't ready.
Maybe it makes RS5. Or maybe testing will reveal it to be too confusing and it gets dropped.
Anything anybody posts here is either speculation or a serious breach of an NDA. Or both.
Just a word of caution:
A "preview" is just that. Microsoft never lock the feature set until the RTM build. MANY times I have seen features that have been part of many betas and previews silently pulled from the final shipping product.
Two where I remember seeing people come unstuck by making promises to end users were faxing in NT 4.0, and file server functionality for within DOS for Windows 3.11.
A "preview" is just that. Microsoft never lock the feature set until the RTM build. MANY times I have seen features that have been part of many betas and previews silently pulled from the final shipping product.
Two where I remember seeing people come unstuck by making promises to end users were faxing in NT 4.0, and file server functionality for within DOS for Windows 3.11.
Take NOTHING for granted. Yes
And my Insider machine needs to be rebuilt because a prior insider build caused a bug I cannot correct.
testing a native explorer app that does away with win32 legacy code <-- They (Microsoft) in March at the MVP Global Summit that the Win32 base was here for a while.
And then V1803 missed April Patch Tuesday because it was not ready.
And my Insider machine needs to be rebuilt because a prior insider build caused a bug I cannot correct.
testing a native explorer app that does away with win32 legacy code <-- They (Microsoft) in March at the MVP Global Summit that the Win32 base was here for a while.
And then V1803 missed April Patch Tuesday because it was not ready.
I didn't say or even hint that the win32 base was going away. But Microsoft can and may release a native/modern file explorer without discarding win32 from the OS. The settings app comes to kind as an example of a native app experience of core OS functions. They didn't wait for the death of win32 to release (or continually enhance) the settings app, slowly consuming what was control panel.
I'm just stating that the question, as asked y the OP, was about file explorer getting tabs, NOT necessarily about sets. And I thought it worth pointing out that yes, those rumors exist and there are leaks showing functionality.
Someone decided to flame me for it. Sad!
I'm just stating that the question, as asked y the OP, was about file explorer getting tabs, NOT necessarily about sets. And I thought it worth pointing out that yes, those rumors exist and there are leaks showing functionality.
Someone decided to flame me for it. Sad!
Also worth pointing out that almost everything at summit is NDA. Even saying "Microsoft said <X> at summit" is often frowned upon. Yeah, I signed that NDA too, and know MVPs who have been kicked out of the program for unintentional breaches at past summits. Just sayin'.
They were very careful to specify when a particular item was strict NDA and I follow that. Fewer MVP's left the Summit than came because they violated the strict NDA and were removed from the program. Then NDA document that I signed is in a PDF in my MVP folder.
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