How to Enable New File Explorer Address Bar in Windows 11 23466

In this article, I will show you How to Enable New File Explorer Address Bar in Windows 11 23466.

Starting with Windows 11 23466, the latest Build from the Dev Channel, Microsoft is enabling the New File Explorer by default, but to have the New Address Bar, you will need to follow the steps from this article.

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Download ViveTool from Github

You will need to download ViveTool, which is a small app that will help us enable hidden features from Windows.

After you download ViveTool, you will need to extract the contents of the archive into the System32 location so that we can have full administrative privileges to the operating system.

Right-click on the archive and then click on Extract all. Select the System32 location and then click on Extract. You will also need to provide some administrative privileges.

After you’ve done that, you will need to open CMD as administrator and then copy and paste the following command:

vivetool /enable /id:40950262

You will now need to restart your computer, for the changes to take effect.

After the restart, you should notice the New File Explorer Address Bar, with a New Search Box and Action Button.

For a more in-depth tutorial, you can watch the video below from the youtube channel.