Disable checkboxes in file explorer

Question

After the upgrade to Windows 11 on my ASUS UX360UAK Laptop (with touchscreen), I can't get rid of the explorer check boxes. Neither via View Settings nor with the corresponding entries in the registry I am able to hide the explorer check boxes (see attached picture). I guess the problem arises due to a possible tablet/touchscreen mode on the particular laptop. Non of my other computers show a similar behaviour.

Anybody encountered the same and found a solution?

Regards, Ralph

****Original Title: Windows 11 explorer checkboxes permanently displayed****

Answer 1

I got a 2in1 Dell Laptop. I did a clean install of a Dell issued copy of Windows 10 Pro after a SSD change. After an immediate subsequent upgrade to Windows 11 Pro I had the same issue.

I coudn't disable the checkboxes. I couldn't switch to compact view. I checked the registry keys - they all were set correctly. But as it is a tablet mode issue I circumvented the problem.

For everyone who uses a 2in1 and uses it as laptop try the following:

• Open Registry Editor
• Go to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell
• Set DeviceConvertible to 0
• Sign out and back in to your account

Voila, no more checkboxes and compact view also works. This cost me 3 hours of my day. By now I can send Microsoft an invoice for 100s of hours of unpaid work due to their bugs...

Answer 2

My laptop is not in tablet mode. Is it also by design to go into tablet mode when using a laptop with a keyboard in normal mode?

That is a bug, then.

Answer 3

Sorry, has anybody solved this issue ?

Answer 4

Created this key and there was no difference, even after reboot - and using windows 11 - no tablet mode enabled - and rotation lock is enabled (system, display). Since I'm using a Surface 7 pro, curious if I remove the Realtek Audio as someone else mentioned, if it will disable audio on the pc ?

Answer 5

I think the TASKBARAI key has something to do with this function?

When I create a new account the taskbar is in the middle of the screen and I can disable and enable the checkboxes with ease, but in my currentuser key where I modified the taskbar setting to only be on the left side of the screen, by changing the reg keys -

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced - added TASKBARAI an set the value to 0 - it will not allow me to remove the check boxes anymore - I think they might be related? MS needs to allow us to do both, keep the taskbar on the left, like in windows 10, and remove checkboxes -