Don't like the new File Explorer in Windows 11? Wishing for something more useful? The free Files app is all you need, to add custom touches, and seamless file management.

Simply open a File Explorer window, navigate to the drive, and create a folder, perhaps naming it “Windows Apps”, “Win8Apps”, or something else to help you identify it.

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In N2, since the Files app has to also act as the Downloads app, and the latter has always been able to install APKs, it seems to have carried that feature over to Files.