Windows explorer moves the selected folder to bottom of folders list. How do I stop this?

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Open a windows explorer

show folders on left

Double Click Computer

Double Click C disk

Scroll to windows Double Click

Double Click diagnostics (example)

The folder is now moved to the bottom of the folder list.

This also happens when any folder is clicked once and the the open gadget is clicked once.

This is increadably annoying. How do I stop it?

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Hi j1234567890j - and everyone else that repsonded to this post.

I also expierence this problem and like with everyone that replied on this post an many others that this is driving me insane. To make matters worse, this problem presents itself also on the Open or Save file dialogs in any application that relies on the Windows File Dialog.

In my case I also found that the behaviour is inconsistent. Sometimes the problem presents itself and sometimes it does not. - This is why it is difficult to zero in on the behavior and some folks cannot replicate the problem. So, I believe other replies on various posts where this problem cannot be replicated. As a developer I understand this, since we often have the response: "...but it works in my computer..." - And yes it does, because typically a dev/support machine is set up for ideal circumstances. I am digressing...

Trying to understand the Problem

I have noticed a pattern, however. I have found that if I collapse the folder in question and expand (double click) again, that the navigator moves again, this time exposing all sub-folders that are direct descendants of the folder in question. I have also noticed that if the sub-folders are too many to display in the navigation panel, that the selected folder is scrolled to the top of the panel, exposing as many folders that can be viewed.

I think the intention of the navigation behavior is that when the user expands the folder, it will show as many as possible sub-folders in view - but I also think that this is where there is a bug - or at least where some other setting has an impact on the behavior. - For some reason, when a folder is expanded the navigation pane only finds the first sub-folder and exposes that one - hence the anoying movement of the selected folder away from the current mouse pointer position.

Finding an answer

And yes - even though I think I understand the problem - I agree with everyone elses user experience - This must be fixed!

I am not sure that a moderator will pick this up as this post is marked as awnsered - even though in my opnion it is not.

But if someone does: I think providing an option on the General tab of the Folder Options dialog for a user to turn off this behavior and just expand the folder without attempting to present all viewable folders in the navigation pane.

Regards

Andre Coetzee

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Anonymous

2013-03-09T17:04:30+00:00

I submitted a complaint about this:

This isn't design. This is pure irritation. How does anybody use W7 for one hour without being upset at constantly scrolling down to get to the files they want to see. It is beyond me how a bug this flagrantly obvious ever got past beta testing! For Microsoft to ignore it gives a lot of indication to me that something is not working inside your company. How can anybody in MS using W7 not see this problem in the first hour of use and get completely irritated a dozen times an hour having to put up with it! To see it propagate to W8 is very puzzling. The only thing I can think is that most others don’t use the navigation pane. It threw me the first time I used it and a dozen times a day it reminds me that MS is out of touch with customers feedback. Also, their first line helpers whitewashing the problem gives the feel that they are intimidated into supporting the company whatever the symptom. Wake up!
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Anonymous

2013-03-09T17:57:16+00:00

I got irritated within the first minute. It took me a few seconds to work out what the h3ll happened to the folder that WAS under the mouse and every time it happened after that just firmed up my decision never to buy Windows 7 until someone fixed this stupid bug.
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Anonymous

2013-03-14T03:45:45+00:00

Actually, this is not a workaround. Single clicking on just the folder expansion bullet also causes the list to shift down. Not every time, but frequently enough.
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Anonymous

2013-03-14T11:34:23+00:00

Actually, this is not a workaround. Single clicking on just the folder expansion bullet also causes the list to shift down. Not every time, but frequently enough.

Exactly so. And this is the very problem that I found when I started to use Win7 on a friend's PC. This "single-clicking" solution is NOT a solution, but I have noticed that it sometimes prevents the problem.

This in itself is even more annoying because after you get used to single-clicking working, it is even more annoying when it doesn't work.

I would much rather that this bug was consistent, and was always present, than the current situation where sometimes the bug occurs and sometimes it doesn't.

So, Microsoft, I offer you an alternative "solution" to this problem. Instead of fixing this bug, at least make it happen EVERY TIME so we can get used to using the vertical scroll bar to get the list of sub-folders visible.

Isn't that a fair compromise?
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