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While renaming, How can I disable Windows 7 highlighting the entire filename when I click'n'drag across part of it?

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Mar 15, 202623944 views
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This is super annoying. If I highlight one word in the long filename, the entire filename gets highlighted (usually 1 millisecond before I tap delete or type something else). I just want Windows to highlight what I'm dragging across and stop second-guessing me. Any tweak to bring back old behavior …

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Fix for: While renaming, How can I disable Windows 7 highlighting the entire filename when I click'n'drag across part of it?

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CreeDorofl and others. The issue is perfectly described by CreDorofl, when he tries to rename part of the filename, the whole name is selected in a split of a second, usually faster then you can react. This makes impossible to change any part of the…

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