How to re-enable the "Expand to Open Folder" option?

Anonymous
2023-09-30T15:30:03+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2023-10-20T07:18:10+00:00

    Anyone has found a solution?

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-10-20T09:46:51+00:00

    It's almost certainly a coding issue that only the software developers can fix. I mean, there may be a solution buried in the registry, but given this just cropped up after decades of use, only the coders would know the correct settings. Either way, it's all on MS.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-10-20T15:54:46+00:00

    You can bypass this by adding Desktop / Downloads etc to your libraries and then unpinning all the quick access folders. These same folders can be in libraries which does allow you to expand them in the left pane afterwards.

    It seems only the quick access folders cannot expand, so I added them to libraries and then unpinned all quick access folders. It now looks clean and functional like before.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-10-20T17:38:41+00:00

    I got badly burned by libraries years ago. I ain't going back. I'd rather live with this minor annoyance and adjust than use a tool that proved less than useless in the years when it emerged.

    But that's me...

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-10-23T10:56:52+00:00

    This was working until I applied 22H2 two days ago. 'Show all folders' doesn't help. 'Expand to open folder' is checked, but Explorer now simply ignores it. This is extremely annoying. I like to have the folder pane expanded to the folder I'm working in and don't want it to make autonomous collapse decisions.

    Microsoft, are you listening?

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