Folder Explorer 0.3.1

Phone-style folders for your Windows 11 desktop: drop one icon on another to make a group. Groups are virtual, so your files never move, and Windows' own desktop comes back as soon as you quit.

Install

1. Download Folder.Explorer_0.3.1_x64-setup.exe below and run it. It installs for your user only, no administrator rights needed.
2. The installer isn't code-signed yet, so Windows may show "Windows protected your PC": click More info → Run anyway.

Requires Windows 11 (x64). Upgrading: Folder Explorer offers new versions itself (Settings ▸ About), or install over the old version; your layout and settings stay.

Changes

Added

• Updates from inside the app. Once a day Folder Explorer looks for a newer release on GitHub and offers it on the desktop; Settings ▸ About checks on demand. Nothing is installed until you click Install, the installer is signature-checked, and the app restarts by itself. Turn the daily check off in Settings ▸ Behavior.

Fixed

• The Start with Windows shortcut is only written when it is missing or points to another copy of the app. Rewriting it on every settings change looked like malware persistence, and Microsoft Defender quarantined the running app as Trojan:Win32/Bearfoos.A!ml, which left the desktop without icons.
• With the English interface, the search bar's calculator reads 1,000 as one thousand. Thanks to @Logic769.

SHA-256 of the installer: 66daa73ffa6c9ef2231605d58be759b593799cc6e75bd8fa047315cf025b9bed