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This worked for me. The folders now expand to the open folder (like you think it would by only selecting Expand to open folder) but by also clicking Show all folders, it seems to behave like it used to. One interesting note. For me, before I implemented 'Show all folders', my One Drive folders...

A clean boot vs a fresh install? I'll check your link above.

I'll get around to doing a clean boot is a few weeks. Right now, File Explorer still consistently locks up when I click on any folder. It hangs until I restart file explorer or restart the machine but the restarts don't seem to help. I need to try accessing folders from a command prompt to see...

Are you implying that no fix is coming anytime soon? In the meantime, today I opened file explorer and clicked "Documents" (a pinned folder on the left side) and File Explorer locked up. It just said "Documents (Not Responding" at the top left with the words "Working on it" and a blue circle...

Update: My fix didn't stick. The problem came back several days later. Atinfo (above) is probably correct about it being a bug. The problem isn't consistent. Sometimes things work well. When they don't, the delay is really annoying. In addition to the folder opening lag and green progress bar...

I hope this will help others because all the "solutions" I've seen posted in forums didn't work or were too severe to try (like a reinstall of windows). My windows 11 Pro install isn't typical (see the last paragraph) and may be the real reason I have this problem to begin with but however I got...

In step 6, Under "Change selected location" I'm seeing what looks like User Account SID numbers that are selected. In addition to seeing "Data (C:\)", "Local Disk (C:\)" and "Microsoft Outlook", I'm seeing: "csc://(S-1-5-21-(long string of numbers)-1002)/" "csc://(S-1-5-21-(long string of...

Thanks Denis. It's not the massive reference list I was envisioning but it should be more than enough for me to find the defaults of specific folders as needed.

I didn't mean to imply I'm logged in as an Admin in an office situation. It's my PC and I'm logged in under the user account I created when I installed Windows 11 which I assume puts my account in the admin group. Are you saying that when I occasionally come across a Folder that says something...

Just want to confirm the fake email address method is still working. I used the Windows 11 ver10.0.22621 build 1702 media from about a month ago.

Is there a way to see what a specific folder's default permissions are supposed to be? Maybe a cmd line or some master reference list of the default folder settings? I know there are several ways to reset the folder permissions but before I make any changes to any/all folders, I'd like to see...

Thanks Brink. That's very informative and will help me understand what's going on under the hood of Windows File Explorer. Now I can do some real damage to the registry. :-)

Hi Brink, I have a follow-up question related to selecting "Show all Folders" in the Navigation Pane. Where in the Registry (I assume that's where it's determined) does windows 11 get the more descriptive names it uses for a folder? The names used in the Navigation Pane are different than the...

Brink, I installed Windows 11 Pro with a Microsoft Account. I successfully followed your excellent tutorial on overcoming the truncated user folder name but I have a few questions related to this topic. I want to change the name Windows uses for my account by getting rid of the last name. In...