Tiles View in Windows Explorer screwed up after Fall Creators Update

daniels7 said:

I'm (somehow) glad I'm not alone on this....

You're not - make that three of us seeing this now.

daniels7 said:

I'm (somehow) glad I'm not alone on this. But it seems to be a Bug and not a Feature since there are 1709-Versions where it looks like before and with the Icons aligned left.

I have 2 PCs running 1709 - one old one is running 10 Pro (updated from years ago), the other is a clean install of 1709 ProWork. They are as different as could be - one is BIOS, one UEFI, one runs Professional, the other ProfessionalWorkstation, one is fr-FR, the other en-US. Both act the same (and so do all my VMs)

Find out what your friend is using. Perhaps they are using Core not Pro or perhaps there is some other difference.

My guess is some UI designer pressed <tab> by mistake and all versions now have this "enhancement"

The only difference between the two that I know is that he is using Home and I am using Professional

In the 1709 build....is this on the insider ring? As of right now....I'm still on 1703 and don't see anywhere to upgrade to 1709.

It's the finished version of the Fall Creators Update, it's already possible to create an Iso of it and use it to Upgrade. It's not an Insider-Version

The MCT got leaked, apparently - now we can all make the ISO/.USB install media. More here:
Cumulative Update KB4043961 Build 16299.19 for PC

I know absolutely nothing about this, other than some ancient html table alignments that I worked on.
But perhaps your "before" layout looks like the columns were sized, then the icons were left aligned.
Your "after" layout looks like the same column alignment but with the icons arranged to be centred but with a consistent left margin.

Whatever, it certainly looks wrong to me. If I get time, I'll look at your alignments on my 24" PC display... this 9.7" tablet is not suited to alignment issues.

Just updated and have the same problem.
I also logged in my brother's account to backup some files and it shows normally.
I screenshot both my explorer and my brother's, same pc, just different account.
https://i.imgur.com/8n0V6BO.jpg

AFAIK it is a feature of the new Fluent Design. Wider rectangular tiles are being used consistently across the design. Check the notifications area, this is also made with wider rectangular tiles.

Yeah, i have the same. But i suppose this is a feature, not a bug )