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?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-12-14T18:39:31+00:00

    This is infuriating. I *have to* use OneDrive for work and renaming parts of files is one of those minor tasks you repeat again and again every single day.

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  2. 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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  3. Anonymous
    2022-11-24T05:11:59+00:00

    I have this same issue, it is happening on OneDrive and Sync, it happens not only on file explorer per se but when saving through cloud folders using an app for e.g. saving through Adobe to my Cloud Folders, it keeps on preventing me from inserting (the cursor will reset to left and/or will select the whole text instead)

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-10-18T15:01:41+00:00

    Having the same issue. Please fix this! Your lack of concern is causing me constant grief, over and over and over again.

    The program already begins the rename with the entire string selected. The program should not assume I want to change the entire file name AFTER I've clicked in the middle of the text string. More often than not, I want to differentiate the file name by only a few characters. This second assumption is redundant and counter intuitive. It also behaves differently than standard windows practices.

    Windows SOP trained me to work this way and now is making for a clunky work experience.

    -Signed
    (Windows User since 3.1)

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-09-26T16:53:54+00:00

    I am having the same problem - it's taking me a huge amount of time to rename files and it's incredibly frustrating. I repeatedly try to click in the spot I want to type but over and over again it selects all the text in the filename - I try to quickly hit the space bar or a random character so that it will stop selecting all the text and then I lose the entire name and all I have is that 1 character and I have to start from scratch again. This is ridiculous Microsoft! PLEASE FIX THIS!!

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