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
    2022-06-21T15:56:23+00:00

    Hi there!

    Why plus to the "DeviceConvertible"=dword:00000000 you need to do the other 3 edits ("TabletMode"=dword:00000000 , "ResetCache"=dword:00000000 and "ResetCacheCount"=dword:00000001) ??

    For me the only "DeviceConvertible"=dword:00000000 works. Thank you.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-06-21T16:06:22+00:00

    Yes, for my device, that's the complete set of registry to tweak for it to work.

    I'm using a tablet PC. I needed to trick Windows into thinking that it's running on a desktop PC. Resetting cache is also a needed step for some devices.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-06-23T00:46:14+00:00

    Interesting and Thanks. Will save this for future use.

    I have a Surface 8 and only the "DeviceConvertible"=dword:00000000 is needed in my case.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-06-23T12:19:20+00:00

    Thank you.

    Doesn't work for me.

    My laptop:

    HP Envy 360 15"

    I7, 12 Mb.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-06-23T12:34:11+00:00

    Send your feedback to Microsoft. Let the guys responsible for the direct development figure it out.
    The above "solutions" are "Band-Aid®" solutions which happens to work for some of the devices. Since these different devices are modified by different OEMs at hardware and software level, you should search for their contact information.
    An official Windows update should address the problem; not us.

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