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Classic Explorer toolbar keeps unhiding itself #1526

Open The-MAZZTer opened 1 year ago

The-MAZZTer commented 1 year ago

Describe the bug

In File Explorer, if I right click the toolbar space and uncheck the toolbar entry, it disappears as desired.

But if I then open a new window, it comes back.

Area of issue

Windows Explorer

To reproduce

  1. Close all File Explorer windows.
  2. Open a new File Explorer window.
  3. Observe the Classic Explorer toolbar.
  4. Right click the toolbar and click the Classic Explorer selection.
  5. Observe the toolbar disappears.
  6. Close all File Explorer windows.
  7. Open a new File Explorer window.
  8. Observe the toolbar is back.

Expected behavior

The toolbar remains hidden.

Also optionally there should be a setting in the settings application to just disable the toolbar permanently (as if it was uninstalled) until you go back into settings and turn it on, like there is for the status bar. This will be more consistent with other similar settings (such as the status bar).

Open-Shell version

4.4.189

Windows version

11 Professional x64 22H2 Build 22621.1555

Additional context

I have seen advice for similar issues to uninstall the Classic Explorer component and keep the others. However the Classic Explorer component is the only one I want, for one specific feature: forcing the file view headers on for all view modes. Removing Classic Explorer also removes this feature, so it's not a useful suggestion for me.

unknownbrackets commented 1 year ago

As a workaround, you can disable the toolbar registration using:

reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{553891B7-A0D5-4526-BE18-D3CE461D6310}\InprocServer32" /f /ve

In my case, I just want the status bar.

-[Unknown]

Moopere commented 10 months ago

@unknownbrackets - thanks for the workaround. This has driven me nuts for many years.

@The-MAZZTer - thanks for raising the issue. Its not only a bug as you describe, seems to me its also a logical option that folks might want (me!). Allow the users to either see or not see the openshell toolbar and have that choice be sticky.

Remikaa commented 8 months ago

@unknownbrackets unknownbrackets, i tried to use cmd and copy then pasted your workaround into the cmd. it says it was successful yet qhwn i first open file explorer i dont have the tool bar. but after my wallpaper changes (I have wallpaper engine) the tool bar appears again.