Item checkboxes cannot be disabled on windows 11

Anonymous
2021-10-11T01:44:28+00:00

I recently upgraded to windows 11 on my laptop, and I can't disable item check boxes in the file explorer.

Disabling item check boxes works on the desktop, but not in the file explorer (see attached screenshot).

I have tried disabling "Use check boxes to select items" in folder settings, and changing the value of HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\AutoCheckSelect to 0 in the registry, both of which do not solve the problem.

Any help would be much appreciated :)

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-02-17T01:21:42+00:00

    On my Surface Pro 8 the checkboxes went away immediately, without the need of restarting Windows.

    Only thing that I did is to just close folder explorer and re-open it.

    ;)

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-17T00:36:22+00:00

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ImmersiveShell

    DeviceConvertible 1 set to 0

    it works for Lenovo Yoga 720 80x7 (build 22000.527)

    This did not work for me unfortunately. Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5-15IIL05.

    Did you reboot after making the change?

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  3. Don Varnau 19,930 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-02-17T00:14:41+00:00

    @ I_Just_want_my_airpod_PROS_towork

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-16T23:47:19+00:00

    Thank you very much for the explanation. Have you ever experienced to miss the 2 in 1 features while using your laptop?

    Do you know a list of features that will be missing?

    Thank you in advance.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-02-11T11:27:27+00:00

    Hey. Same bug ... Lenovo Yoga C740 2-in-1. I restored Windows 10 back. Did the latest update fix it? Have you tried?

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