Thank you! I'd been dealing with this for over a year and your simple solution did the trick!
File Explorer keeps going to Desktop
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When I browse and view files, File Explorer keeps going to Desktop by itself. It is easy to correct this by simply clicking the back button (<-). I would not mind if this happens once in a while, but it happens almost constantly, so it is a major nuisance.
For example, suppose that I am looking at pictures in folder E:\Pictures\2024\Events\foo, open a picture with Photos, and use it to navigate to different photos, then File Explorer will suddenly jump to Desktop. This is almost 100% reproducible. I will have to click the back button to get back to E:\Pictures\2024\Events\foo.
Could anyone offer a remedy for this?
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
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2025-03-04T11:53:04+00:00 thanks it helps me out
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Anonymous
2025-03-01T10:26:58+00:00 Thank you that finally worked for me- so much nicer to use I am back in control.
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Anonymous
2025-02-19T15:49:10+00:00 Works for me.
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Anonymous
2025-02-16T21:05:29+00:00 It absolutely boggles my mind that a company with such a head start on the WORLD is unable to make a stable product with over 30 years of development. I've always had "head scratchers" while using File Explorer (since Windows 3.11) but Present Me in 2025 is open-mouthed aghast at this sorry end state. Thanks for this tip from the community, it helped.