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Microsoft Recall is now an explorer.exe dependency (www.youtube.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by disguised_doge@kbin.earth to c/technology@lemmy.world

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TLDR:
Windows 11 v24H2 and beyond will have Recall installed on every system. Attempting to remove Recall will now break some file explorer features such as tabs.

YT Video (5min)

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

MIT license:

Explore a beautiful Windows-first design. Manage all your files with increased productivity. Work across multiple folders with tabs. And so much more.

It looks nice, and has extra features like tabs, tagging 7zip/archive management, cloud drives, git integration, comparing file hashes, etc.

The only issue I had was performance, it took a long time to start each time. I'm planning on trying it again sometime later

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Whoa. I wonder if explorer can be ripped out entirely and replace with this

[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

explorer.exe is still used for desktop and probably other stuff as well, so it might not be possible without using 3rd party shell replacement and not many exist.