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In Windows File Explorer some folders expand to show all of their content in the navigation pane when I click on one of their subfolders. Other folders only show the subfolder I clicked.

Here's an example. Given folders A and B. Both have 4 subfolders. If I open folder A and then click on subfolder 3, the navigation pane shows:

A
  3
B

But when I open folder B and then click on subfolder 2, navigation pane shows:

A
  3
B
  1
  2
  3
  4

Is there a way to consistently show only the open folders without expanding the navigation pane any more than necessary?

I have tried changing the Folder Options under Navigation pane with no luck.

I'm using Windows 10, but had this problem in previous versions as well.

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    It's a little difficult to understand your question from the description. Can you post a picture that shows the problem?
    – rrirower
    Commented Nov 16, 2016 at 14:16
  • I can't post a pic because the folders have peoples' names, but I added an example.
    – Kevin Swarts
    Commented Nov 16, 2016 at 14:46
  • Create a folder structure that doesn't have confidential info in the folder names and then demonstrate the functionality you are seeing through a few pics or a video.
    – user66001
    Commented Jan 25, 2018 at 17:18

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Windows 10 only expands to the current open folder while hiding all others when the number of folders in the parent location exceeds 100. There might be a registry value somewhere where you can lower this threshold. For now, you will have to populate a particular location with a certain number of dummy folders in order to reach at least 101 folder items for Windows Explorer to expand to and show only the currently open folder.

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  • Thank you so much. I never saw the pattern before.
    – Kevin Swarts
    Commented Oct 6, 2023 at 13:46

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