Also experiment with this;

Turn On or Off Navigation Pane Expand to Open Folder in Windows 10 Windows 10 Tutorials

I think you need to mess about with folder view settings. Actually I don't use the standard file explorer but anyway you shoul be able to change views.


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Post a screenshot as an example. Maybe someone will have ideas.

Take a look at this:

Get Windows XP look in Windows 10 without themes or patches