Had exactly this.
Selected [This PC], went to [Options].
- Disabled "Expand to Open Folder"
- Click "Apply"
- Clicked "Reset Folders"
- Enabled "Expand to Open Folder"
- Click "Apply"
Then it started working. Hope this helps.
How to re-enable the "Expand to Open Folder" option?
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In the "File Explorer", "Expand to Open Folder" option is not working. This happend after updating "2023-09 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5030310)". How to re-enable the "Expand to Open Folder" option?
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Anonymous
2023-11-12T16:05:55+00:00 I have the same problem and it is extremely frustrating, this is a core Windows experience I rely on daily basis that is simply not working anymore in Windows 11.
I have "Expand to current folder" enabled, but if I navigate into any subfolder in Downloads/Videos/Documents/Desktop etc in Explorer, then the path is not expanded in the left treeview.
As you can see below, I'm in a Documents->Personal->Kytara subfolder, but on the left nothing is expanded.
Note I also really hate that new "Start backup" that was added to the folder path.
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Anonymous
2023-11-09T15:07:24+00:00 Ok thank you.
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Anonymous
2023-11-09T14:50:41+00:00 GOT SOME UPDATES YESTERDAY BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS.
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Anonymous
2023-11-06T18:19:23+00:00 I AM ALSO HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE SO FRUSTRATING