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
    2022-02-17T21:31:51+00:00

    yes, ofcourse.

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-02-17T21:43:22+00:00

    thank you, thank you. Finally got rid of the checkboxes. I also rebooted, and kept my fingers crossed, that this would persist.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-28T19:06:04+00:00

    That's how I got Windows 11, that's when the problem appeared.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-28T19:09:21+00:00

    YMC stands for Yoga Mode Control, it's only valid for Lenovo PC, the rest of us are screwed!!

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-03-01T18:18:11+00:00

    Man of culture, works in Lenovo Ideapad D330. Thanks.

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