up vote 5 down vote favorite
2
share [g+] share [fb]

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.

link|improve this question
69% accept rate
1  
I feel your pain. It bugs me as well. I haven't found a solution yet. – Ryan Nov 30 '09 at 8:32
feedback

4 Answers

up vote 2 down vote accepted

I turned off "Automatically expand to current folder" in folder options. This is good enough for now.

link|improve this answer
feedback
up vote 1 down vote

I could cry about what they have done to explorer. I am always dropping files into the wrong folder because it "jumped" around and appears to have no logic in how it scrolls. And I am forever moving windows around because they all open on top of each other and you can't save the location of different explorer shortcuts/windows. Sob!

link|improve this answer
What's really fun is if you sneeze while holding the mouse... you can really do some damage. The new explorer is eyestraining and twitchy. – P a u l Dec 7 '09 at 15:29
1  
I could punch them, repeatedly, in the face, from now until eternity for what they have done to explorer in win7. I hate the developer that did that with every fibre of my being. Every single day I curse them. – MalcomTucker May 4 '11 at 19:34
feedback
up vote 1 down vote

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

link|improve this answer
I tried xplorer2 lite for a while and went back to windows explorer on vista. The problem is they may not have shell integration like windows explorer. No tortoiseSVN, no winzip, that sort of thing. And some of these add too much -- editors, preview, etc. – P a u l Dec 7 '09 at 17:26
Almost all of them have shell integration. My own favorite is the free Servant Salamander 1.52 : altap.cz/download.html#salrel. Although not the most jazzy, it's very functional. – harrymc Dec 7 '09 at 17:33
xplorer2 definitely has full shell integration. If you're on x64, you need to run the x64 version of xplorer2. – Jerph Feb 7 '10 at 22:53
feedback
up vote 0 down vote

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.

link|improve this answer
feedback

Your Answer

 
or
required, but never shown
discard

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.