Windows 11
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New problematic behavior of explorer (collapses and expands folders on its own!)
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Ant Onio
10
Reputation points
Lately i noticed that on Windows 11 the file Explorer started a new horrible and very very problematic behavior: when I click a folder in the navigation pane the clicked folder gets expanded (opened in a tree sense) on its own (even if my click is not on the + sign) and the previous open folder gets collapsed (closed) on its own. This behavior is so tremendously counter intuitive and dangerous that in more than one occasion I unintentionally moved folders in other ones that I absolutely didn't want to move at all!
I really need an urgent fix to this bug.
Please note: this has nothing to do with "expand to current folder" which google insists to show up when trying to find a fix for this huge disaster of a problem.
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Ricardo Rodríguez 11 Reputation points2023-04-15T06:43:20.3066667+00:00 Same behaviour here.
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Jim Dowling 5 Reputation points2023-11-18T16:06:26.91+00:00 Same problem here. If other folders are expended manually, this behavior causes me to drop files than search many drives to find the new location.
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Ken Snyder 5 Reputation points2024-01-06T18:32:42.31+00:00 Just FYI: I have the same issue on Windows 11 and I keep my system upto date.
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Oliver Pickett 5 Reputation points2024-04-04T20:12:52.5566667+00:00 I have the same issue - over a year later since this was first noticed, and still no solution.
This operating system is not just "buggy" it is a backward step in every aspect of operation and we have no choice but to use it.
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William Clayton 0 Reputation points2024-09-20T00:11:37.51+00:00 I hope they will fix this.
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