Desktop Explorer expects you to search the simulated computer, not only the puzzle window. Officially, file explorers, chat logs, corrupted applications, and other classic OS tools are core mechanics; exact chapter answers below come from community walkthroughs.
Fast route through the investigation
- Open the inherited profiles and read the visible notes before entering passwords.
- Treat the Cave and Temple as connected file-system puzzles, not isolated riddles.
- When progress stalls, inspect file names, extensions, source text, hidden files, and other profiles.
- Community full-game guides organize the route around Cave, Temple, Max/Admin, and later Guppy material.
Official mechanics, not solution claims
Steam's official description confirms that the game uses file explorers, chat logs, corrupted applications, abandoned software, and forgotten files. It does not publish the password list used by community walkthroughs.
Use a spoiler ladder
First identify which profile, program, or file the current prompt points toward. Then inspect the clue's formatting or extension. Open an exact answer only after those two checks fail, because many solutions teach a tool that returns later.
Version and interpretation boundary
Community guides may number the prologue and Cave puzzles differently. This site names the task and action rather than promising one universal puzzle number, and it treats any answer not reproduced here as unknown.