How did MS manage to **** up something that had been working great for 40 years?
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Mike Biagio
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What the HELL did you do to File Explorer? How on EARTH can you be so BAD!!!? It was working great for 40 years until you "IMPROVED" it. It is completely unresponsive and doesn't select files on first click. Also it won't allow me to drag and drop quickly. This is basic, basic, BASIC stuff on a basis, basic program man! HOW!!!!?? How can you get something SO SIMPLE, SO WRONG? You even had the original code to guide you!!
And don't give a me a workaround - I don't want to work around something I have been doing easily and conveniently for 40 years. How about you just DO YOUR JOBS PROPERLY?
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Files, folders, and storage
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Viorel 127.3K Reputation points2026-07-28T13:46:29.78+00:00 It seems to work well in an original, paid, unaltered Windows.
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Bulldog 4,465 Reputation points2026-07-28T15:12:14.8566667+00:00 No workarounds needed for me. My Windows 11 File Explorer works fine. What changes have you made to your computer that might be causing a problem?
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Neil D 34,280 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator2026-07-30T14:39:52.3533333+00:00 What is the current version and build of windows. Type winver in Search and select the top result. Post back the version and build in full.
You can use the recovery option in settings to reinstall windows which should fix any OS problems.
Setting > System > Recovery > Fix problems using windows update, select Reinstall now.
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Mike Biagio 0 Reputation points
2026-07-31T04:39:26.2333333+00:00 It is Version 25H2 (OS build 26200.8894)
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Mike Biagio 0 Reputation points
2026-07-31T04:40:02.5633333+00:00 This is a paid version of windows used by my company.
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Neil D 34,280 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2026-07-31T07:47:09.19+00:00 Have you checked with the company IT dept to see if any controls they have set may affect File Explorer.
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Mike Biagio 0 Reputation points
2026-08-01T01:37:03.7+00:00 Honestly if there are organisational-wide controls that can affect something as simple as File Explorer then they have File Explorer wrong.
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