If you don't have Adobe Illustrator, you may still have a situation where you need to open AI files to either edit them or simply view them.

Microsoft is adding AI shortcuts to the File Explorer context menu. You’ll be able to right-click on files to get shortcuts to AI features.

Rather than running AI directly inside File Explorer, the system will gain a workflow where selected files are sent to separate apps to process the files and return the results.

Microsoft is testing AI actions in File Explorer in the Canary channel, starting with blur, erase, and background removal.

Open-source might not be the first thing you think of with Windows, but these free tools can seriously boost your productivity.

With Copilot and Microsoft 365, you can summarize, ask questions, create an FAQ, and even compare certain files stored in OneDrive.