this is still happening to me.
Windows 11 - File Explorer always opening the Address Bar after cut copy paste any file - Huge Mess
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Anonymous
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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Anonymous
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Anonymous
2024-08-27T16:23:02+00:00 Yes, I agree. Extremely annoying.
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Les Ferch 10,361 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2024-08-27T16:15:50+00:00 It seems that the problem has finally been resolved in Windows 11 24H2 26100.1586
It's possible that Microsoft made some improvements in regards to this issue, but they haven't fixed the fundamental focus issue in the Windows 11 Explorer.
For example, if the navigation bar is in focus and you select an item, such as New folder, from the New menu in the upper-left (not via right-click) the focus should be changed to the folder contents (so you can immediately name your folder), as it does in the Windows 10 Explorer. Instead, the focus remains in the navigation bar causing the drop-down list of visited folders to be in the way.
Of course, a simple workaround is to use right-click to create the new folder, but it should also work properly using the toolbar New menu.
Some may argue that the focus was in the navigation bar, so it should stay there, but I would argue that selecting an item from the New menu implies that the user wants to change focus to the folder contents window. At least, it works that way in the Windows 10 Explorer and it's more functional. I suspect the change in behavior was not intentional, but a side-effect of the Explorer UI updates.
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Anonymous
2024-08-26T17:10:44+00:00 It seems that the problem has finally been resolved in Windows 11 24H2 26100.1586
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Anonymous
2024-08-26T16:54:07+00:00 It seems it has been solved. Using Win11 22H2 22621.4037.
Restoring multiple folder tabs in a single window at startup is still not working.