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> Taking ten seconds to show the contents of a local folder.

I thought that was just me, and even though all hard-drives seemed healthy, I was planning on switching the oldest out. But if others are having the same issue, guess they just screwed up the software side of things, like usual.

>Goodness knows who they've got maintaining Windows.

Developers who exclusively test on SSDs is my guess. The UI hasn't taken into account any latency from reads.

Having a HDD now moves you into power user territory.

Check out https://filepilot.tech/

It's in beta and no network drives or CJK yet but feels like a breath of fresh air.

Microsoft Corporation publish Windows File Manager via the Microsoft Store.

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p7vbbbc49rb

Give the new FilePilot a try - https://filepilot.tech/

The address bar opens history when you click the delete button too.