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Stop Windows Explorer from expanding folders tree
Hi.
How to stop Windows Explorer from expanding folders tree when exploring folders?
I'd prefer a .reg/.cmd file.
Thanks!
Hi.
How to stop Windows Explorer from expanding folders tree when exploring folders?
I'd prefer a .reg/.cmd file.
Thanks!
When searching for information keep in mind that the file manager was renamed to File Explorer in Win8. This pages gives some good information even though it stops with Win8 although the naming convention continues in Win10.
File Explorer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Historically the application was called File Manager in Win3.11 and earlier and changed to Windows Explorer in Win95 along with changing the name of directory to Folders. An important change with Win95 was the LFN/Long File Name convention which also was involved in furthering the change from needing a separate install of DOS/Disk Operating System. Computing has continued changing ever since.
Maybe there is a hidden entry for all users in HKLM?
reg add "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v "NavPaneExpandToCurrentFolder" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v "NavPaneExpandToCurrentFolder" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f
taskkill /im explorer.exe /f & explorer.exe