Something strange just started to happen in file explorer

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Callender said:

Related discussion:

File and Folder names (fonts) cut off along bottom edge: "g, j, p, y"

The in place upgrade seemed to work in that particular case.

Repair Install Windows 10 with an In-place Upgrade

When I read the replies I must have missed yours that had the link,

File and Folder names (fonts) cut off along bottom edge: "g, j, p, y"

I simply used ctrl and my mouse wheel and although everything is spaced more than I'd like at least now I can read them all. It changed the view by from list to tiles. it isn't the perfect fix but it is much eaier on my eyes and I can see everything fine. Thank you very much for that link, if I had seen it I would ahve saved myself days of reseach and been able to thank you a lot sooner. THANKS !!!

I guess I spoke too soon, it made some file explorer windows readable but even after going to options and selecting View>apply to all folders it doesn't apply to all folders. Tiles is just not a good way to view folders in file explorer. When you have a a small number of subfolders it's doable. Once you get into a folder that have a lot, the tiles just is as bad as list that are being cut off just worse in a different way.

There has to be a way to repair this issue in windows 10. Is there a way to repair without losing or changing any files or data currently on my system?

Some other ideas:

Make sure display settings are set to "recommended"

Change Screen Resolution of Display in Windows 10

Temporarily boot into Safe Mode and open an explorer window. Check if the problem still exists in Safe Mode.

Boot into Safe Mode on Windows 10

Clear the font cache:

Rebuild Font Cache in Windows 10

Check that system font is the default font.

Option Two here:

Change Default System Font in Windows 10