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
    2023-10-31T16:27:34+00:00

    That's how it should work, but it doesn't, except for Ctrl+Shift+E.

    And even with Ctrl+Shift+E, it keeps collapsing again after a short while.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-11-06T18:19:23+00:00

    I AM ALSO HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE SO FRUSTRATING

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-11-09T14:50:41+00:00

    GOT SOME UPDATES YESTERDAY BUT PROBLEM PERSISTS.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-11-09T15:07:24+00:00

    Ok thank you.

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  5. 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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