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Windows explorer bug: renaming files highlights file name while editing, removing entire name
June 2025 here and using Windows 11, and File Explorer is still producing the same mistake unfortunately on my computer. It occurs when I attempt to rename a existing file (by either clicking inside the file name, or using F2) and File Explorer selects in full ALL CHARACTERS of the file name (i.e. highlights in blue entirely the full name), I try to click left right or center of the file name to remove the full blue highlight of everything, and to start editing the file name by adding the letters I wanted to the file name - but File Explorer (almost immediately, within the same second almost) has already reselected the full name in blue from the first letter of the file name to the last, and as such as I type 1 letter to add to the existing full name, the file name is inadvertently replaced in full suddenly by the single 1 letter I just typed, which is not what I wanted... Help, with any solutions...?