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Hi, Each and every time when i do some work in explorer like transferring a file from one location to another it always creates a mess with the address bar which is occuring for past 2 major updates 22h2 and now 23h2.
My Win 11 Specs
Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 23H2
OS build 22631.2861
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22681.1000.0
Please anyone help.
The required photos are attached:
After doing some copy paste thing, this happens. Hope you notice that recycle bin is highlighted unwantedly.
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Just coming in here to say that I have the same issue and its really preventing me from streamlining my workflow.
Each time I focus on another windows/program and then alt+tab back or click inside the windows explorer window, it for some reasons drops down the address bar.
Also happens when:
The fact that we're still talking about this issue 506 days after the OP started this thread is mindboggling.
C'mon, Microsoft, you've released dozens of cumulative updates to Windows 11 since then. When is a fix planned for this bug?
For a company your size and with over 60,000 software engineers and coders, one would think that someone would have a solution by now. 🫤
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The fact that we're still talking about this issue 506 days after the OP started this thread is mindboggling.
It's been 1217 days since they broke "Also apply this template to all subfolders", so I'm not holding my breath.
I noticed this weird, annoying bug when I first switched to Windows 11 in 2021.
Now, several updates and nearly a half decade later, running:
Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 24H2
Installed on 4/5/2025
OS build 26100.4061
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.84.0
it has gotten worse. 🤣
