Subj : Cant remember where that shared file is in Windows 11? Microsoft
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Sep 27 2024 09:45:05

Cant remember where that shared file is in Windows 11? Microsoft promises to 
make it easier to find the files you need

Date:
Fri, 27 Sep 2024 08:36:04 +0000

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Microsoft is currently testing a new Shared section in Windows 11s File 
Explorer , which aims to make it easier to find everything thats been shared 
with you across Microsoft services. 

 Windows Latest flagged up that the new addition is part of the latest 
preview of Windows 11 (24H2) in the Dev channel (build 26120). 

The Shared section sits alongside the Recent and Favorites tabs, showing any 
file that has been shared with your Microsoft account (whether thats a 
document from OneDrive , an email, and so forth). This makes it easy to see 
these files, right upfront in File Explorer, rather than having to hunt for 
them. 

While the feature isnt working properly in preview right now - at least not 
according to testing carried out by Windows Latest - the theory is that files 
will be marked with their origin, and, for example, something shared in cloud 
storage would open in OneDrive (naturally in the Edge browser ). 

If youre using Microsoft products in a work or school environment, your 
Shared section will also include files shared within your organization or 
school body. (Image credit: Microsoft) File this one under plenty 

Microsoft further notes in the blog post for build 26120 that youll also see 
more types of file in the Recent and Favorites tabs, as well as the new 
Shared section, and that includes files youve recently interacted with in 
Power BI or Microsoft Forms, for example, or Designer. Expect to see a wider 
selection of apps represented in these parts of the File Explorer UI, in 
short. 

The preview build also brings a few other developments, such as new flyout 
menus for pinned apps in the Start menu for easier access to certain 
features, the ability to share files that come up in Windows search more 
easily, and a relocation of media controls to the bottom-center of the lock 
screen when you have media playing in the background. 

All of this should be packaged in the upcoming big Windows 11 24H2 update , 
which we expect to arrive any week now. However, as ever with work in 
testing, we dont know if all the features will make the cut for the release 
version of the update. 

It seems likely that most of these proposed changes will end up in Windows 
11, though, including the Shared tab - assuming the current bugginess can be 
ironed out by Microsoft as the feature proceeds onward through the testing 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/cant-remember-where-that-shared-fi
le-is-in-windows-11-microsoft-promises-to-make-it-easier-to-find-the-files-you
-need


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