Windows 11’s File Explorer finally features a file size display that’s easily readable at a glance. Additionally, two important menu items are returning to the right-click menu in File Explorer. There are also plans to simplify and speed up the right-click menu in a future version.
Restored right-click menu items
Some time ago, Microsoft updated the Windows 11 context menu and disappeared several popular menu items in the process. Now Windows Latest reports that some of those removed options will soon return to the context menu, including “Refresh” and “Print.”
Microsoft is currently testing the Refresh option in File Explorer’s right-click menu, which well-known Windows leaker phantomofearth wrote about in a social media post:
The same apparently applies to the Print action. Windows Latest writes: “In addition, it’s possible to print files directly from the right-click menu. Previously, the ‘Print’ option only showed up when you opened the legacy menu, but that’s no longer the case.”
Readable file size displays
The other new feature aims to improve the readability of file sizes in File Explorer. Previously, Microsoft used kilobytes to indicate file sizes, meaning that an 8GB file would be listed as 8,388,608KB.
Going forward, File Explorer will display file sizes in megabytes or gigabytes for larger files. Smaller files will still be displayed in kilobytes. This significantly improves scannability.
When will the changes be implemented?
All of the above-mentioned new features are included in the Windows 11 preview version, Build 26300.8376. The changes are expected to be available to general Windows users in the coming weeks, as Windows Latest has learned from Microsoft.
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