Explorer appearance has changed after recent update

Thanks for the clarification.
And thank you, Microsoft, for degrading the usability - once again.
Are the developers just bored morons who try to think of new "features" to annoy and irritate the users.
There is a basic rule that they never obey.
"Any new feature needs an opt-in user's choice to activate it".
I wish I could micro bill them for every unnecessary mouse click, mouse movement or text entry that they introduced with Windows 11.
The task bar is crippled, there is no quick launch or multi-row anymore, the tray overflow menu is a nag, icons disappear, the right-click file menu is downgraded etc., etc.
If I had access to their car's software, I would like to change the way it needs to be operated every other month, to make them feel the pain too.

I think uninstalling an update is no good option, as it means that future updates also need to be denied.

As updates do not contain isolated features, I would also skip other fixes or enhancements.

The only solution I see is, that M$ will eventually make this crappy "feature" a user selectable setting.

Hi,

Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

It’s important to balance the need for updates with the stability and usability of your system. Hopefully, Microsoft will consider making more features user-selectable in the future.

Best Regards

Kehinde

There is even a flaw with this "new" feature.

If I have selected a file and then click in the white space in explorer, the file becomes unselected but the frame border stays.

I suppose M$ promotes this as a "feature" too.

And on applications, which have a decent grid by themselves (as seen at the bottom of the pic below), the extra frame creates specifically irritating extra lines which give a very inhomogeneous appearance.

Hi

I'm Kehinde a Microsoft user just like you and I'll be happy to assist you today. I know this has been difficult for you, sorry for any inconvenience caused. Be rest assured, I'm going to do my best to help you.

Lets try resolve this and come out with a better solution together. Lets reset the file explorer folder via settings on your computer

Open the File Explorer on your computer

Click on View on the Ribbon Menu of the file explorer

Click on Options

Select “Change folder and search options“. This will open the Folder Options window.

Go to the View tab

Under “Folder Views” click on the Reset Folders button

Click Yes for confirmation

Relaunch File Explorer and check if the appears on File Explorer

In addition, kindly click on the link below for support article and follow the steps.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Kindly, let me know if this helps and if you have any further concerns. Your feedback will be appreciated.

Best Regards,

Kehinde