Clicking some sub folders redirecting to Root folder on drive

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awisniewski
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Clicking some sub folders redirecting to Root folder on drive

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Hello
XYplorer 25.60. I was using previous version and just updated.
OS: Windows 11 Home

This issue seems to be random...
Say I'm in:
C:\MyFiles\Bob
and click a folder in "Bob" called "media" aka C:\MyFiles\Bob\media
the clicking of that folder redirects back to C:\
:roll:

I'd say it happens once every 30 clicks approx........if I had to guess.
At first I thought it was something I was doing but I've seen it keep happening.

Not sure how to provide a way to reproduce it though?
Let me know if there is some log I can share.

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Re: Clicking some sub folders redirecting to Root folder on drive

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By "click a folder" you mean double-click a folder in the list, right? And you click right on the caption or somewhere on the row?

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Re: Clicking some sub folders redirecting to Root folder on drive

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Hi.. Sorry yes.. Double click.
I'm clicking right on the text of the folder itself.
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Re: Clicking some sub folders redirecting to Root folder on drive

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Check out "Double-click on white in file list" in Configuration | General | Custom Event Actions. By default it is "Go Up". You can change this, or you double-click right onto the caption.

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Re: Clicking some sub folders redirecting to Root folder on drive

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Hi
Thanks for the help.
Sorry I'm double clicking the text of the folder itself. I've attached a screengrab.
I checked the settings and then reproduced the white space click to go up one folder.
It does seem to happen often when I'm in the "My Documents" folder.

I just played around for 10 minutes clicking folders over and over to try and reproduce.
I think that white space click may be it.
When I'm in "My Documents" the white space double click throws me back to "This PC" which would fit the issue I have.
I thought going up one directory in "My documents" would go to the C:\users\Bob\ but it appears to go back to "This PC"
I think that is a layer of my confusion.

I'll try changing that double click whitespace to none.
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Clicking folder , mouse click on red spot
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Documents is one of the special folders directly under "This PC".

Two more tips:
1) If you are used to clicking the entire row, you can also enable Full Row Selection: Tools | Customize List | Full Row Select
2) Or to be able to click the whole cell in the Name column: Configuration | General | Menus, Mouse, Usability | Mouse | Full name column select

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Re: Clicking some sub folders redirecting to Root folder on drive

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Thank you for the help and suggestion.

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