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Windows explorer bug: renaming files highlights file name while editing, removing entire name
Alas, a couple of years on and this is still an issue. I used to experience it occasionally on W10, but on my brand spanking new W11 laptop the issue is far more prevalent.
Right now it is re-highlighting the original text up to 5 or 6 times, causing a nightmare when trying to edit filenames (normally I just append dates to the end of the original). I enter file rename mode > W11 highlights the original filename > I click the end of the filename > within about 1 sec it re-highlights the original filename > so on and so forth 5 or 6 times. It is infuriating (only now after dealing with this the last few weeks do I realise how much file renaming I do!)
The files in question have no association with Onedrive or Dropbox (I have paused them anyway) and I have also paused Synology Drive... all to no avail.
This is my first W11 PC, and this issue, along with the File Explorer > Navigation Pane > Quick Access vs One Drive issues... constant popups nagging me to engage in MS's other services... and a few other niggling issues, and I must say the user experience has not been an improvement over W10.
I have 3x desktops and 4x laptops in the household running W10 (all of which I maintain) and I have been resisting the nag popups to move to W11 for the last year now. This was my first trial, I am now questioning whether I let them all go beyond the end of support for W10.
You might think you’ve disabled OneDrive - unfortunately, you haven’t. Its hooks and DLLs still run quietly in the background, deeply embedded into the core OS, even if you’ve never signed in. For me, the only real fix was switching to a local account (something Microsoft seems determined to make harder with every update).
I've had my awakening and have now completely de-cloudified my life. After 30 years of using Windows — and 25 years supporting it as an IT professional - I’ve finally had enough. I’m transitioning to Linux, and I recommend the same to any serious IT user.
Microsoft’s operating systems have devolved into rent-a-spyware, and their partnerships with the army of a genocidal regime only add to the bitter aftertaste.