That has NOT worked for me. NONE of the suggestions in this thread have worked. If I try to expand a folder in the left pane, it does NOT expand in the same folder. ctrl-shift-E does not expand the folders in the left pane.
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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2025-06-04T17:35:37+00:00