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Left pane behavior of Windows Explorer in Windows 7

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Mar 15, 20264368 views
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Problem

On Windows 7, when I use Windows Explorer (the "hard disk browser", not the website browser), I am constantly annoyed by a particular detail. I navigate to a directory in the left pane's tree view. When I select it, the right pane shows its contents. If I then double click on a subdirectory in the …

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Fix for: Left pane behavior of Windows Explorer in Windows 7

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This functionality is still there but turned off by default. You can easily turn it on again: Open the "Folder Options" from the control panel Select the "General" tab Check "Automatically expand to current folder" underneath "Navigation pane" Click…

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