File Explorer keeps going to Desktop

Anonymous
2024-03-25T17:19:20+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2024-09-03T03:59:54+00:00

    I literally have to click the back button dozens of times a day when I manage my media files (photos, videos).

    Yup, it never happens to any OneDrive folders.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-09-02T19:49:41+00:00

    Quiet, yes, but I suffer from this bug every day, actually, every hour, sometimes every few minutes.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-09-02T18:28:52+00:00

    It's all gone quiet here on this? But I am having this issue too. Really annoying having to press back every time to go to where I expect to be

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-14T14:35:28+00:00

    The same thing happens to me; when I open a Word document, an image, a Photoshop file, or an Illustrator file, or practically any file, File Explorer keeps going to Desktop by itself. It even happens when I rename a file or copy it within the same folder; the explorer goes to the Desktop on Windows 11. By the way, I uninstalled OneDrive right after I bought my laptop (I bought it in April) because it kept wanting me to log in to back up my files. But I don't know what causes it to always go to the Desktop, and it's annoying that the file explorer does that.

    I hope someone can give us a solution to fix the Windows 11 File Explorer.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-06-07T12:09:50+00:00

    Thank you for confirming this.

    I feel it is getting worse. For example, I often have half a dozen tabs in File Explorer and move files between them. Many tabs (e.g., 4 or 5 out of half a dozen) frequently go to Desktop. This means that I have to click the back button for each of them to get things going. This is more than a minor nuisance now.

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