How to pin File Explorer to the taskbar in Windows 11

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If you delete File Explorer from the taskbar in Windows 11, you may not know how to get it back. Next, We show you how to open File Explorer and pin it to the taskbar again.

To place the File Explorer icon on the taskbar, you must run it first. To do it quickly, press windows + e on your keyboard. Or you can open Start, to write “File Browser” and then click on the File Explorer icon or press Enter.

Open Start and type "File Browser", then hit Enter.

When the File Explorer window opens, locate your icon (that looks like a manila folder on a blue holder) in the taskbar at the bottom of the screen.

Place the mouse cursor over the File Explorer icon and press the right mouse button (right click). In the menu that appears, select “Pin to taskbar”.

Thereafter, the File Explorer icon will remain on your taskbar, even if you close the File Explorer window. If you wish, you can click and drag the icon on the taskbar to reposition it.

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Other alternatives to quickly enter File Explorer

If you want to add a quick File Explorer shortcut to the Start menu, open Windows Settings and go to Personalization> Beginning> Folders, and then click on the File Explorer icon or press Enter “File Browser” a “Activated”.

With that enabled, you can open Start and click the small folder icon next to the Power button to launch File Explorer at any time.

and then click on the File Explorer icon or press Enter “File Browser” in the menu that appears. Good luck!

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