KB5052086 makes Windows 11's File Explorer easier to pick up right where you left off on your previous login

Microsoft released the KB5052086 patch to Windows 11’s Dev and Beta channels, and with it, the Redmond-based tech giant has finally made File Explorer easier to navigate.

More specifically, it will have a new option that allows users to resume working on their Windows 11 devices by restoring the File Explorer to its state before the logoff.

When you turn on the “Restore previous folder windows at logon” option in File Explorer, the system will remember and reopen all the extra tabs you had open in each window. Another setting called “Automatically save my restartable apps and restart them when I sign back in” is found under Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options. This setting ensures that apps that can be restarted are saved and reopened when you log back in.

When you enable the saving restartable apps option, the File Explorer setting automatically restores previous folder windows and tabs. These changes make it easier to pick up right where you left off, both with your apps and the folders and tabs you had open in File Explorer.

Elsewhere, KB5052086 is a big patch: it finally makes the controversial Windows Recall available to more users, and it will also give the ability to filter information captured by Recall.

Snap Layouts will also provide additional context to Windows 11 users, as a way to encourage them to use this capability more often.

KB5052086 should now be available to download. You can read its full release notes here.