Cursor moves to left or selects all text when renaming files in windows explorer. Windows 11

Anonymous
2022-02-01T15:12:11+00:00

Hi,

I am struggling with a new issue in File Explorer. I have recently updated to Windows 11, but I think this issue has started since this version update.

When I try to rename a file or folder in Windows file explorer, I am unable to place my cursor at a particular point in the filename - eg to insert some letters or numbers.

Instead, wherever I place my cursor, within a second, the whole file name has been selected, which means I start typing a new filename from scratch. This is different to how it has previously behaved, and very annoying.

A related issue - when I am renaming a file saving a file from within a program, a slightly different issue occurs. I put my cursor at the end of a filename, eg,to add a new version number to the filename, but the cursor jumps to the left - to the start of the filename.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-12-10T02:18:52+00:00

    It is MOST DEFINATELY OneDrive.

    Something to do with OneDrive stealing focus from the Cursor.

    Right-Click on OneDrive / Settings and quit Onedrive and the behaviour stops

    Restart onedrive after you have finished your cleanup / renaming of files

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-18T18:24:02+00:00

    Ok..I just discovered this problem and its now March 18th, 2024. Do something to fix this MS! I have brand new $5,000 laptop and this is incredibly dumb.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-22T05:52:24+00:00

    Seems that the Microsoft won't fix this anymore. I'm working around this issue by renaming the files within Filezilla instead of the File Explorer.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-10T22:57:01+00:00

    Hi Anderson S. de Souza,

    This issue is still ongoing. It occurs in the standard Windows Save As dialog (and other places).

    My repro:

    I'm saving a bunch of similar docs

    Click Save As

    Save doc with name Foobar 1

    Click Save As

    Click the name of first file you just saved to copy the name into the filename box (input box is now "Foobar 1"

    Select "1" with mouse (in order to change it to "2")

    !!! Error: Cursor jumps to the far left of the edit box before the "F"

    Expect: "1" to stay selected

    Reselecting "1" works fine.

    It *may* have something to do with OneDrive syncing files at the same time. I wonder if OneDrive syncing "Foobar 1" and changing the name causes the dialog to refresh and the edit box to get reset somehow.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-02-07T14:09:05+00:00

    Having same issue. I like to add "!" or "Ω" or whatever for a file name prefix to keep my files in a certain order...and the file names are quite long. This issue is a really big deal for me. and I too had just upgraded to 11 and my employer uses OneDrive.

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