How to Duplicate a File Explorer Window on Windows 10 [Tutorial]

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How to Duplicate a File Explorer Window on Windows 10 [Tutorial]

Browsers have a neat feature where if you click inside the URL bar and tap the Alt+Enter keyboard shortcut, the current tab will be duplicated. It’s basically a shortcut to copying the URL and pasting it in a new tab. The same feature can be really useful on desktops and desktop file explorers. Case in point; if you have a File Explorer window open to a certain folder and you’d like to open another window in the exact same folder. Unfortunately, the Alt+Enter keyboard shortcut is only for browsers. If you want to duplicate a File Explorer window, you’re going to have to use a different shortcut and it’s going to have to be executed in two steps.

In Windows, if you ever tried to open multiple file explorer windows, you will quickly know that there is no visible option or way to do it. For instance, if you click on the file explorer icon in the taskbar twice, it will just open the file explorer and minimizes it. The good thing is, there are quite a few ways to open multiple instances of the file explorer in Windows 10. Just follow any one of the below methods to open a second file explorer window.

This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).