Annoying explorer behavior

[peterhgrimm]

I have been using WIN7 build 7000 for about 6 months. Generally very happy and stable. One rant, however: In windows file explorer, when I click on a folder, the whole file tree jumps around in a bizarre and distracting way. I have to hunt around for my folder before I proceed. Am I missing something here? I've looked at all the ckeck boxes in the file explorer settings- nothing really seems to make a difference.

Anyone else have this problem?

Thanks.

 

[Nezbert]

Finally

Hi, finally somebody expieriencing the same as me, it drives me crazy!
Why in the wolrd would i want the explorer to put the folder that i just expanded right at the bottom of the window???

Hope somebody has a solution for this?


@Peter
I now use the right part of the explorer, where normally the files are displayed, for navigation, but am not happy about it...

Greetings

 

[YupYup]

Hi, finally somebody expieriencing the same as me, it drives me crazy!
Why in the wolrd would i want the explorer to put the folder that i just expanded right at the bottom of the window???

Hope somebody has a solution for this?


@Peter
I now use the right part of the explorer, where normally the files are displayed, for navigation, but am not happy about it...

Greetings

Open explorer in the top left corner click on "Organize" then in the list click on "Folder and search options". The folder options window will pop open , on the general tab near the bottom deselect "Automatically expand to current folder" then click "Apply" and "Ok".

 

[Nezbert]

Hey YupYup, thx for the fast reply!

This works, but i like automatically expanding folders
I would like to have just the exact same behaviour as in Vista :huh:

Guess i have to deal with it..



BTW, another workaround is to click the tiny triangels left of the folders instead of doubleclick.

 

[peterhgrimm]

Agreed

Yes, I agree with you on this point. The "deselect auto expand" option does not really address the annoying behavior. I would prefer an option to have folders behave as in XP.

Thanks,

Peter

BTW, I just "upgraded" to the RC 7100 build via the much published workaround, and it worked flawlessly. I used UltraISO to make and save the changes to the iso file. Very nice software, but requires $30 purchase.

 

[DJG]

Hi, finally somebody expieriencing the same as me, it drives me crazy!
Why in the wolrd would i want the explorer to put the folder that i just expanded right at the bottom of the window???
...

+1 indeed!

 

[nur0]

+2 lol, a very irritating niggle in the left pane of Explorer

 

[DJG]

+2 lol, a very irritating niggle in the left pane of Explorer

Does that make it a PITP (Pain In The Pane)?

OK, OK, Another lame one ... I just can't stop it ... I need help ...

 

[YupYup]

Yes, I agree with you on this point. The "deselect auto expand" option does not really address the annoying behavior. I would prefer an option to have folders behave as in XP.

I must be missing what this "annoying behavior" is because i see no difference in how folders expand between XP and Windows 7.

 

[DJG]

I must be missing what this "annoying behavior" is because i see no difference in how folders expand between XP and Windows 7.

You need to look closer. Anytime you expand a folder in the navigation (left) pane, XP makes that folder the topmost folder of the navigation pane, and you can see all the subfolders beneath it. In Win 7, often the expanded folder is placed at the bottom of the pane, making you have to scroll so you can see the subfolders. A total PITP.

 

[YupYup]

You need to look closer. Anytime you expand a folder in the navigation (left) pane, XP makes that folder the topmost folder of the navigation pane, and you can see all the subfolders beneath it. In Win 7, often the expanded folder is placed at the bottom of the pane, making you have to scroll so you can see the subfolders. A total PITP.

Not exactly but i see what your getting at.

In XP when you expand a folder in the navigation pane and you don't have enough screen space to display the sub folders it jumps to the top.

In windows 7 that behavior is not consistent, sometimes it jumps the wrong direction. Closing the folder and expanding it again will get it to jump in the correct direction, but i can see how that would be annoying.

I can't see how that behavior would be "as intended" i would consider it a bug.

 

[peterhgrimm]

Annoying behavior patched in RC Build 7100?

I've just upgraded to the RC build 7100, and the annoying behavior seems to be gone, at least on my machine. The file explorer now behaves as expected. I guess we can close this thread.

Thanks for all the comments.

Peter

 

[YupYup]

I've just upgraded to the RC build 7100, and the annoying behavior seems to be gone, at least on my machine. The file explorer now behaves as expected. I guess we can close this thread.

Thanks for all the comments.

Peter

I am using build 7100 and like i said it is not consistent but it is there.