Searching for family photos on Windows 8 Metro will be a nightmare unless users switch back to Desktop Explorer
Windows 8 file manager is flat and only has the “Charms” Search (Windows key C from Metro) screenshots by Stephen Pate/NJN
Like the Emperor who has no clothes, Windows 8 Metro has no file manager. Microsoft says the current lack of a decent Metro file manager for Windows 8 is by design.
If it is, they are trying to “dumb down” the advanced Windows 7 file manager to something worse than Apple’s Finder. There is a solution that forces you back to Windows Explorer and out of Metro, which more or less defeats any advantage of Windows 8 Metro.