I'm sure you didn't read my post where I mentioned I created a new user and the problem persisted. It was unique to my install and I didn't care to spend the time to figure out why so I reinstalled.
New Windows 11 file explorer can't drag and drop in address bar
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Anonymous
Hi,
I'm really upset of the new address bar because I can't drag and drop anymore files to parent folder like in old file explorer address bar
Can you fix the problem in a close future update or tell me how to change this back to old version (exist in windows 11 file explorer)
The new address bar is above the tools bar (New - Cut - Copy - etc), the old one is bellow
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
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2024-04-23T01:55:51+00:00 On my workstation, setting "Apply to All Folders" wouldn't work for any of my user profile folders. I created a new account to test it and it persisted. Every single time I went into my downloads folder it was grouped and reverse date sorted. I'd change it, hit apply to all folders and subfolders, I'd browse to the folder through the full path instead of the libraries (or whatever) link, no difference. Ultimately I started with a new copy of Winders and it works OK now. I don't use a bunch of UI mods or have crazy permissions set or share shares inside shared shares, it was simply broken in a new way that I'll never know the reason for.