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
    2023-11-17T19:39:09+00:00

    It has nothing to do with Dropbox

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-17T19:32:25+00:00

    Had the same problem: cursor jumping in Explorer when changing names of local replication files from oneDrive / Sharepoint. Names of files and directories were changed, sometimes when renaming pdf files - new directories were created from the entries, etc. I have tried many things, including deleting all local files and rebuilding them on a newly installed hard drive - no success!

    My solution ? : In addition to oneDrive /Sharepoint, a version of dropbox was also installed on this computer. I have deinstalled this dropbox version and since then it seems to have stopped

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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
    2023-10-17T04:28:18+00:00

    This actually happens on Win10 also, definitely something to do with OneDrive syncing. It's still a bit unclear but it seems to me that if any file syncing is happening (not necessarily in the same folder either) while your renaming a file, it will usually mess up the selection. So if I copy a file, wait for it to sync and nothing else is happening either, the renaming usually works fine.

    Just one example of a small but annoying thing that messes up your workflow...

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