From here there are 5 items that you need to delete or rename. In my case I just renamed the folders with "-BAD" after the original folder name. If you want you can also search for these strings so you don't have to manually look. After the rename of these folders reboot your PC and the issue should now be fixed. In my case I just added renamed the folders with "-BAD" after the original folder name. I applied the above "Fix" editing the registry as indicated appending "-BAD" to 5 Keys with no cure to the issue.
It certainly seems that this is a problem with how Win10 is identifying folder locations. Obviously some location is being used to allow any number of "New Folder" to be created and files to be placed there and as a further point sub-folders may be created within the Parent "New Folder" and also cannot be renamed thus retaining the New Folder name.
Odd that explorer can find and manipulate files within any of these folders but not find the folder itself to rename it both the host folder and child folders within. It seems explorer does not have access to the creation point for "New Folder" and cannot find the "New Folder" in order to rename it.
I also note here there are references to the folders listed above are also in "Data" in various "PropertyBag"s for preferred folders. I ask again MS some help please. I did have a conversation with a Tech Support person.
Their answer was to do a "Roll Back" to a point prior to this issue starting. Difficult for me as I didn't notice the issue right away. Why not just find the problem and issue a fix? A "Roll Back" will require me to do a lot of hoop jumping to get this system back to where it is and I shouldn't need to jump through hoops to fix a problem I did not create.
I just ran into this again on another PC and the issue was fixed after a reboot and the reg tweak. Have you tried reading the title of the thread before you comment?
I'm guessing you wouldn't be so flippant if you actually had the problem. For re-name file: less than 15 seconds then refresh and exit the re-name action previously less than 10 seconds. I found another way on microsofts tech blog. Right click the file or folder. Instead of clicking rename, click properties. Rename the file or folder there.. Not only re-name. That's annoying! This didn't happen in previous versions of windows at least not for Windows 7.
Now, I have still no idea what's the solution to stop the Windows Explorer refresh and back to the top automatically in a short period of time.
Is there any 3rd party software to replace the role of Windows Explorer? It has been annoying me all the time! I have found a good 3rd party software to replace the Windows Explorer! I have tested it. It's more easy to use with many useful options.
I hope MS will realease some win10 update soon which will eliminate this glitch as it is annoying. Surprising as it was to me, "I change the Theme from Windows to Windows 10 and back to Windows" worked. Changing the Theme from Windows to Windows 10, resolved the issue.
Note: I left the Theme as Windows 10, and did not revert to Windows, so cannot vouch for this component. To change the Theme: Right click on desktop background.. If you have a slideshow theme running on the desktop that changes say every 10 seconds setup in windows 8. If you have a fixed theme or background then you have all the time in the world. Tested both theories. Only trouble is there is not a way of changing the timing of the slideshow theme as there was in windows 8.
So their answer to the problem is make the screen changes longer to allow time to edit file names, not an elegant answer, but workable,. I have the exact same issues it very frustrating it takes 5 tries to get the new name in if I can get it to work at all and yes I know how to rename files several ways, been doing it for years. Microsoft please fix or at least look at it as a real problem, I'm thinking of going back to windows 7.
Also, "Open File Explorer to: Quick Access" can confuse the user with its delayed 'refresh' behavior. Not so permanent is the sevenforums disaster. I say "disaster" because the sevenforums "solution" not only failed as a permanent fix on my system, it created five empty folders I cannot get rid of. Five empty icons, really, since the so-called folders have neither contents nor properties. Nightmare for us neatnicks.
Win 10's File Explorer is making me hate this new OS with a passion. I'm close to re-upping the image of my beautifully working Win 8. Your solution has my legitimate Win 10 folders working perfectly. And thank you, everyone. I've lurked in here for eons, and many of you have saved my bacon many a time. Ms might get around to fixing this after training us to do it since win I'll retrain to this however till they do.
This doesn't work. No option for renaming appears. Even when adding the Rename icon to the Quick access toolbar, it doesn't work.
I was able to right click and see the rename option when I selected the folder from another window other than Quick Access. Try to locate the folder in the c drive or follow the path to find the folder where ever it is located. So, libraries. But what's kind of strange is that the keys are NOT recreated upon reboot.
Does that break libraries? If not, what is the purpose of the keys specifically? And why would those keys, which clearly pertain to libraries in some vague way, have any bearing on the issue? Up until recently, I have been able to slowly left click on the name portion of the folder, image, document, etc and a "rename" box appears. This is no longer the case. Now when I try to hover and click to rename, it goes directly to opening the photo, document, folder, etc.
It registers the first click as a double click. I have tried changing mouse settings to slower click rates, but the problem remains [both with wired and wireless mice]. When I right click on photos and go to "properties" to rename [another added step and there is a lag for rename box to pop up], the renamed text does not readily appear underneath the photo BUT is accepted if I change the folder view [where the photo is contained] to ANY other view. There is no means in "mouse settings" to change this option back either.
I do a lot of photo editing and the handiness of having a "hover and click" to rename function is a time saver. The marked answers here seem all inadequate to the issue in the title as I experiment it on my W10 PC.
So, this issue is not solved for my W10 PC. Experimenting apparently the same issue on a clean W10 x64 install, I also note that, after creating a new folder, the process refused the folder name I wanted to give so the new folder remained called "New folder". I note that the folder's properties window shows as Attributes "Read-Only Only applies to files in folder ", the corresponding box being fully dark not grey or white.
This read only "false" attribute introduced in W10 is another bug that affects all my machines with W10 on them. It is not fixed. However, it is also quite "old". I wonder if there is a link between this "false" "read only" attribute and this refusal to rename the folder. As noted by others in this forum, such issues makes Windows 10 barely workable, so I suspect MS will come with fixes.
It is Sunday, I can loose time at home, but what in professional life? Impossible, I would have to roll back to W7 immediately. These serious issues are not new. So, it comes to me as a surprise that they have not been fixed much earlier. I may investigate the possibility to use another file explorer as the one mentioned below.
However, the proposed solution below does not respond to the issue in the title of this thread as I experience it. It shows exactly the same problem, which is somewhat reassuring. I confirm it was NOT a solution for the issue mentioned in the title for me, so I cannot advise others to go down that route.
On my PC, it gave ALSO as MS File Explorer when creating a new folder this astonishing error message attached below astonishing because the text of this error message does not look relevant at first sight. Going to that extreme is perhaps fine for other people mastering the Windows 10 OS environment. I am a simple Advanced user.
I could easily technically do it delete these keys in the registry with all due precautions but I would not know why I am doing it and what could be other knock on effects, etc.
I would have to research first to which folders these keys belong. So it would take me more time I am just a prudent amateur. Not knowing, I would not advice others with same level of expertise to go that route unless this is done only for experimenting no risk of consequences of potentially degrading the registry.
I am not sure it would fix exactly the exact same issue as the one I have the one in the title of this threat in the specific setup in which I operate note that I have a theme with one fixed picture; I mention this as this characteristic was mentioned by others - I have no clue if this is relevant.
I had the same issue with my Windows 10, I wasn't able to rename and cursor was suddenly going. I was looking for answers online nothing helped me even replies to your question here.
I have finally found the solution to this problem, I have had this for so long and have just been using a 3rd party app to rename folder etc. To use it I just downloaded the zip file extracted the file inside to the desktop, ran it and it asks if you are sure click yes after that mine said it could not restore all the files but yours may not but after that everything works like new again :D.
Instead of right-clicking the file name to Rename, right-click and select Properties instead. You will have all the time you need to name the file. Thank you so much, you lovely person. Such an easy solution and it worked immediately, no reboot required. Now I can name and save some very important photos. Thank you again. Go to your background picture selection and change the refresh time from a short time to a long time. This should work.
I had the same problem. I changed the refresh time from 10 minutes to 6 hours, and it seems to have corrected the double issue of renaming a file and scrolling down to the lower files in a folder that has maybe files. A simple solution for renaming files , but possibly not the best solution depending on your needs, would be to disable 'Windows Search' in services. I believe it also prompts you to disable the Work Folders service as well. In Cortana, type 'service' and you will notice that "Services Desktop App" will show up on the left.
Right Click the app and select "Run as Administrator". A list of services will appear. Scroll down the list until you find "Windows Search". Right click that entry and select properties. A menu will appear. Click the button that says to "Stop" the service. Restart the computer. In the alternative, if you need Windows Search Services, you could simply stop and start the service at will. What a bloody brilliant idea! This "fix" worked for me. I'm no tech so the thought of going into the registries and deleting things scares the bejeebers out of me.
I'm sticking with this one. Hi guys, I had this problem for a few days and I found this link which solved my problem, Hope it can solve some of yours as well.
I'm 36 years old using win since 95 : i never see this kind of problem ever really really funny and boring. Right-click on your desktop, choose "Personalize". Go to the "Colors" settings. Uncheck "Automatically pick an accent color from my background. Normally, holding the left button down on a file for a short while, highlights the filename - which you can then edit.
Or, right click on the file, and select "rename". These had ceased working - no error statements, just nothing happened However, the proposed answer - to right click, select "Properties", and edit from there, worked. Top score, Hitechillbilly - the Moderators and Tech people missed the understanding of this problem - and I've got the latest upgrades installed, and it is November ! I tried the regedit path of renaming the listed folders with "-bad".
It worked, but didn't stay fixed. When I re-started the computer, the problem returned. I cannot delete, move, or rename empty file folders until I close the windows the documents were already closed on Word or Power Point, or any other software that was used on the files the folders once contained.
It's not a big deal, but it's been around forever and pretty annoying -- seems like it should be an easy fix, but by systems folks, not by users like me. With some serious trepidation, I've now tried removing those files in regedit. As with aconttrario, I am a user, not a systems guy, so it worries me that I don't know why I'm doing this or what could go wrong. I'll be back to report the results.
I uninstalled Malwarebytes anti-spyware and as soon as the uninstallation was finished, i was able to rename files and folders :- So have a look at your software, maybe you also have Malwarebytes installed No problem with that for me in Windows 10, but it takes at least 20 seconds to change the name after hitting enter Each case can be different. I struggle also renaming files in File Explorer.
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