Win7Pro ~ Windows Explorer

Brad
Apparently I don't understand the problem. When I click a directory in the left pane it doesn't scroll anywhere. I simply opens the directory to show the files within that directory.

Same issue here... Seems completely backwards, and I haven't found a setting to change it yet.

In XP if you click on a folder in the left pane that has sub-folders the pane will automatically scroll up so that the sub-folders are visible. I think he's saying that Win7 is not behaving that way.

Interesting. i am using Windows Ultimate and mine does not do this. There must be an option under the folder options checked that should not be checked. The only think I can suggest is to go down the entire options list and check and uncheck stuff until the prob lem disappears.

Try re-booting and see if you still get this behavior. Sometimes re-booting solves such annoyances.

I'm also running "Win7pro" here (on my home system) and haven't (yet) experienced the described phenomena. Please post the solution when you find it, just in case!

CV

Apparently it is a bug

According to this site: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/new-computer-on-win7-pro-64-bit-can-i-somehow-get/90a437f1-e9d6-4668-a28c-20589b7e19ea

Notice #2 (from above link):
Most important features to fix or return to Windows Explorer:
1) The option to disable Auto Arrange.

2) Fix The Left Pane Scroll Bug: If you are viewing a folder and expand it in the left pane to show it's subfolders, the folder is annoyingly auto-scrolled to the bottom of the pane causing the subfolders to not be shown, making it difficult to work with. Double clicking a folder in the left pane can also cause this problem. Vote to fix it.

3) When multiple files are selected they should stay selected when changing the sorting order (ex: Name to Size). Maintaining selected files when sorting should be a requirement and this feature should not have been removed.

4) The option to remember each folder's view settings (remembering individual folder window sizes and positions).

5) The option to remove "Full row selection" for details view. "Full row selection" is very annoying when the folder is full and has no empty space to click on. Also, when dragging/dropping files to a different folder - if you release the file on the row of a subfolder or .exe/.zip/.rar file "full row selection" causes the file to be moved into the subfolder or .exe/.zip/.rar file rather the the intended folder.

6) A search window with all the advanced search options. No syntax required.

7) The option to always show free disk space and folder size in the status bar and/or details pane. Also always automatically show the size of selected files (when many files are selected it will not show the total size).

8) The option to scroll the pane your mouse is in with mouse wheel even if that pane is not selected.

One solution (from the link):
Left pane scroll bug (and other fixes):
Using Classic Shell To Restore Some Features To Windows Explorer
After installing the free Classic Shell you can customize Windows Explorer closer to how you want it, the quote below is just one way to do so. Click here to see some of the options you can customize, and here is the FAQ page for Classic Shell.

A solution which did work for restoring some features.
1) Install the free Classic Shell. This is very customizable, and works as a mod for Windows Explorer rather than a full blown replacement. You didn't need to install the Classic Start Menu option, but you can if you want.
2) Reboot the computer.
3) Launch Windows Explorer (Start - Computer) and turn on "Always Show Menus" (Organize - Layout - check Menu Bar). This is just for configuration, you can turn it off again afterwards if you want.
4) Right click on the menu bar and turn on the "Classic Explorer Bar". This adds a series of cut/copy/paste icons to Explorer. Crucially, it also adds the "Configuration" icon.
5) Go into the configuration and from here you can tweak things to your heart's content. To kill the horrible Windows 7 folder-jumping, switch the "Navigation Pane Style" to Vista. You can even knock it back to XP mode if you want (this adds in the lines to the folder tree and adds a classic "+" icon for expanding folders). The Windows Vista style folder view looks pretty much the same as the Windows 7 view, but gets rid of the horrible jumping.
6) Tweak any other settings you want.

After this, you can turn the toolbar and menus back off in Explorer if you wish. Windows Explorer looks largely the same, but folders no longer jump around. Vote for Microsoft to fix this bug.

Now, if only MS could code properly so that we don't have to mess with third party apps to get Windows to actually work properly...

For the record...

... I am not happy with this "solution" either.

I am considering a RE-purchase of Power Desk (since they tell me that May of 2010 was too long ago to reuse my prior purchase code).

We will see...

Apparently it is a bug

Classic Shell - So far, so good!

Thanks for posting the link/workaround.

I'm sure Microsoft will find another way to screw things up in Win8...

Bob K.
Anchorage, AK

Classic Shell, I don't know yet...

I am getting ready to start another thread asking for recommended alternatives...

Stay tuned...