Windows 11 22H2: Moment 1 Update - Tabs in File Explorer, Suggested Actions, Taskbar Updates

Microsoft's first feature drop (also known as Moment updates) has landed! You should see these new features roll out to your PC in the coming weeks. Here's what's new!

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[Vincentvisuals]

The tabs option will be very helpfull. Love what I see! Looking forward for the next updates on this topic!

[liam]

Tabs in explorer is great! My only wish is that there was a setting so that when you open a new tab, it didn't automatically make that tab active. I like being able to quickly open 3-4 tabs and then choose which ones I want to look in.

[BennyR]

I hope they improve the Tab Feature in Explorer, not being able to drag them around or drag them out to create a new window seems really bad.

[ViperVi_]

Finally! I have been waiting for this for so long

[taranagnew]

with the update, does "nearby sharing" work with android?

[MrVeeBlog]

Nice. These look usable to me. I didn't see however if you could drag documents between tabs in the same explorer window. I suspect you can but it wasn't demonstrated here. I'll check it. Thanks for the update.

[pid]

I rarely use tabs because my old behavior

[fanovaohsmuts]

There must be some A/B testing still going on with the Moment 1 Update, because mine (on a Surface Pro 6) has a Search pill, with the word Search inside, on the task bar instead of just a regular Search icon. I also do not have the ability to open the Task Manager when right clicking on the task bar.

[AgentZeroNine]

Really liking where Windows is going, especially with that mockup from a few weeks ago at Build (or was that Ignite?). Would shine with devices like the Surface Pro and Surface Go.

Just want the Windows team to continue working on bringing over features and UI elements from Android, Chrome OS, iOS, and iPad OS that makes sense for Windows, alongside continuing to improve the OS' motion design and responsiveness, especially for the touch experience.

[efficaciousuave]

weird thing. though. i do have the tabbed file explorer, but not the right click taskbar to access task manager 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[alexmm]

Wonder if they will ever fix things that Windows 11 broke. The animation scrolling (on the touchpad) between desktops with different backgrounds still is rough like day one and when I open the Windows + X menu, the focus is on the menu only 2/3 times. Verified on both my computers.

[SteadfastWL]

I was actually just complaining about the overflow menu. I mean it's not that important, but it was the only part of the taskbar not updated with new animations. Now the only thing I have to think about is how the Widgets panel uses a different frosted theme than the start menu and the calendar.

[efficaciousuave]

file explorer tabs are cool. Next: mix these file explorer tabs with Microsoft edge tabs

[efficaciousuave]

i used quick access a lot, how is home different from quick access? i cant figure out. so far, its disappointing. earlier, my most recently used file would be on top. like if i took printscreen screenshot but didn't open it, it would still show up at the top of quick access. but not anymore in home.

[darekf]

Finally.. after so many years... (2009 - release of windows 7 ) ..windows os goes in right direction...

[ianchroniclesyt]

Anyone has Qtabbar or Groupy installed? How does it behave with explorer with tabs?

[topg]

Not having an overflow menu for extra app pins on taskbar was so frustrating, how tf were we supposed to open those apps which were getting hidden ?! 🤦🏻‍♂

[efficaciousuave]

upon waking up from sleep, after i have entered the pin on the lock screen, earlier my desktop would open instantaneously. Now, it would accept the pin, then the white circle with 5 smaller dots would just keep spinning forever and ever. I ultimately have to force shut my laptop by long pressing the power button then switch on. It opens then.



Is this an issue with the latest WIndows 11 update?

[Fonsohtc]

I updated my Dell XPS 7590 to this build and had to go back as it was causing issues with the graphics driver and booting up would get stuck....not sure why.

[n_ku]

I want them to implement a split tab feature.