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
    2022-03-19T18:00:51+00:00

    not for me - unfortunately

    I observerd it stopps doing that when you have typed your first character.... So quickly add a char and then you have time to rename

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-03-28T09:43:35+00:00

    Your 'extra' issue is mine as well. I have had that bug for years now. So so annoying... Nobody knows what to do.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-04-05T21:55:14+00:00

    This is so incredibly infuriating, My throat is actually sore from screaming at my stupid Windows 11 Surface Laptop! I've been having this issue for months now - how the heck does Microsoft screw up something so basic like renaming file folders?

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-04-21T09:29:08+00:00

    I have this same issue on Windows 10. It only started a few months ago, and coincided with me starting to use One Drive for all my work files.

    Please sort it out Microsoft, I keep renaming files as single numbers because all I was trying to do was change 1 character but Windows decided to select all text.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-05-19T21:17:48+00:00

    The problem is caused by Onedrive. The other problem is MS doesn't care. People have literally been complaining about this for years, only to be ignored. They just keep saying it's not Onedrive, even though there's plenty of proof.

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