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Is there any way to get Windows Explorer tree view in Windows 7 to stop jumping? I think they really messed up this design. Click a node to expand a deeper level and it instantly scrolls the tree vertically to a new location. This is not a good feature since my eye completely loses the node it was focused on and I have to hunt for where I was. I want the tree view to remain fixed where it is unless I scroll it myself.

alex
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P a u l
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I turned off "Automatically expand to current folder" in folder options. This is good enough for now.

P a u l
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The only solution would be to move to an Explorer-alternative, of which there are heaps.

harrymc
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I'll second xplorer2. I purchased the license for it and use it more frequently than Explorer (I use both for this and that). And shell integration in Windows 7 is supported regardless of your bitness, though there is a "trick". If you right-click and don't see the menu items you're looking for, look for the Explorer item and expand that. That's where the rest of the shell extensions are hiding.

Larry Silverman
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This is a very old, but still annoying issue. I found that if you remove libraries from appearing in the Windows Shell... the jumping is gone, except when there is a large number of subfolders, then Explorer relocates the parent folder up so you can see more subfolders. But no more jumping down in the pane. Instructions on how to remove libraries from the Explorer

clsturgeon
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