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Making LHS of Windows explorer reflect selected item location in RHS

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Mar 15, 2026362 views
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In the Windows Explorer for Windows 7, the treeview at the left hand side doesn't always reflect "where you are" in the right hand side and bread crumb trail at the top. I find this annoying, since I have to manually expand out LHS treeview folders until it matches the RHS. How do you force the LHS…

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Fix for: Making LHS of Windows explorer reflect selected item location in RHS

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I see. Well, right clicking in the LHS treeview area (in a blank part, underneath the entire tree listing is a safe place to click..) and selecting "Expand to current folder" does work, but if the folder is a hidden folder, its not going to show in …

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