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Now suddenly Windows Explorer wants to access the internet. What purpose could that serve?

April 26, 2017Explorer internet purpose serve suddenly wants Windows

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Now suddenly Windows Explorer wants to access the internet. What purpose could that serve?

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A. World domination, what else? No, seriously it is! The point is that Microsoft stuffed their browser into Windows as hard as they could, and this is the result. The line between Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer is blurry indeed. In fact, you can type an internet address into Windows Explorer or a local directory into Internet Explorer. Now try to tell the difference!