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
    2024-06-21T15:53:45+00:00

    It is a good suggestion. But I find it kind of crazy that Microsoft do not fix this issue without needing votes.

    It affects everyone using Onedrive and managing files on a PC. That is a pretty big crowd.

    Unfortunately, if this situation is not in their test cases and not a scenario the engineers naturally run into, they simply won’t know about it, or at least how impactful it is, without out bringing it to their attention.

    I only run into this in one scenario: saving a bunch of bank statements and immediately renaming the files to something better than the default. So I can easily see them missing this case if that’s not something they do or test for.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-22T04:18:59+00:00

    I find it hard to agree. They force you to log in Windows with your online account, then propose you to sync all your files - including Desktop - on OneDrive. Collecting the data and i am actually too scared to check the terms of use. The least they could do was to allow me to take my time renaming the picture that i saved on my Desktop. I am a paying user, and i have the same issue with my work account as well (and with work account, updates may even take longer).

    With this said, good luck. If i were a developer i would start a lock when the renaming event occurs. But they are the experts.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-23T09:44:37+00:00

    I found if I paused the OneDrive sync I could rename the folder and then continue syncing - not ideal to have to do it in the first place, but a way around the problem.

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