Editing File Explorer (section)

====Other changes====
* Explorer gained the ability to understand the metadata of a number of types of files. For example, with images from a digital camera, the [[Exif]] information can be viewed, both in the Properties pages for the photo itself, as well as via optional additional Details View columns.
* A Tile view mode was added, which displays the file's icon in a larger size (48 × 48), and places the file name, descriptive type, and additional information (typically the file size for data files, and the publisher name for applications) to the right.
* The Details view also presented an additional option called "Show in Groups" which allows the Explorer to separate its contents by headings based on the field which is used to sort the items.
* The taskbar can be locked to prevent it from accidentally being moved.
* Windows Explorer also gained the ability to burn CDs and [[DVD-RAM]] discs in Windows XP.
* Ability to create and open [[ZIP (file format)|ZIP files]], called "compressed folders", which is a file containing other files.<ref name="what_s_new_with_files_and_folders">{{cite web|url=https://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/whatsnew_overview.mspx?mfr=true|title=Windows XP – What's new with files and folders|website=Windows|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523022826/http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/whatsnew_overview.mspx?mfr=true|archive-date=May 23, 2007}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/extract-zip-files-in-windows-me-xp-2003/ How to create and extract a Zip File in Windows ME/XP/2003]</ref>
* Ability to open [[Cabinet (file format)|Cabinet (.cab) files]], another type of file that contains other files.<ref>[http://www.tech-pro.net/howto-open-cab-file.html How To: Open a Cab file] – Quote: "If you're using Windows XP or Windows Vista, then your operating system has built-in support for opening Cab files."</ref>
* If a <code>.HTM</code> or <code>.[[HTML]]</code> file is copied or moved, the accompanying <code>_files</code> suffix folder is copied or moved among it automatically.<ref>{{cite web |title=Moving web pages saved by IE (HTM file & _FILES folder) |url=https://resource.dopus.com/t/moving-web-pages-saved-by-ie-htm-file--files-folder/7826 |website=Directory Opus Resource Centre |date=4 May 2009 |quote=When Windows Explorer […] move a Web page both the HTML file and the directory are automatically moved together. […] Moreover, the user only has to drag EITHER part--the file or the directory and the other part will follow automatically. This way the page is kept intact irrespective of where Windows stores it. |access-date=16 December 2020 |archive-date=16 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216103635/https://resource.dopus.com/t/moving-web-pages-saved-by-ie-htm-file--files-folder/7826 |url-status=live }}</ref>

ZIP and CAB files are integrated into the user interface so they can be browsed as if they were ordinary folders. Given that files contained inside ZIP files can not be opened directly, they are automatically extracted to a temporary location and launched with the associated program from the temporary location when opened, to make the appearance that the ZIP file is a real directory.<ref name=what_s_new_with_files_and_folders />