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PostPosted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:12 am 
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I've configured File Explorer to compress the vertical spacing in the Navigation pane, so that I can see more. This is a GREAT feature of Classic Shell.

Unfortunately, Explorer now seems to forget the spacing from time to time. I am not sure what triggers the behavior, but I got lucky when preparing screen grabs for this post and it happened. Note the difference from before to after here:





Is the spacing change tweak something you could reaffirm with Explorer at additional times?

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 31, 2015 10:22 am 
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It would be helpful if you can pinpoint the action that triggers the problem. It could be navigation to a certain folder, or maybe launching some program.
Also, opening a new Explorer window fixes it, right?


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PostPosted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 5:55 pm 
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Launching a new window does indeed fix it.

I've yet to pinpoint what causes it. It always seems to happen when I'm not looking at the Explorer window. A few moments ago I completed an installation of an application and now I noticed the rows in my two open Explorer windows are widely spaced again.

I'll keep looking for a direct cause.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 19, 2015 9:52 am 
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I figured out how to reproduce it reliably.

One need only go into the Folder Options dialog and do most anything - e.g., press the [Clear] history button.



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I can confirm what Noel has posted. Also any setting applied under the View tab or the Search tab results in the spacing reverting to the original as well. Opening a new explorer window does "fix" it. Tested on Win10 build 10041. So far I've not found anything else that causes it. Classic Shell 4.2.0

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 1:28 pm 
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Yes, this is caused by Classic Explorer. It will be fixed in the next version.


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 1:08 pm 
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Thank you, Ivo. Looking forward to trying out the next beta.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:54 pm 
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What a shame that the "Windows XP Classic" style of Navigation pane is no longer possible in Windows 10 thanks to Microsoft. Every Windows release cripples some Classic Shell feature.

Update: About that Explorer folder tree corruption issue with the Navigation pane style set to "Windows XP Classic" I observed that if you set the "tree item spacing" to 4 or higher, the icons don't get corrupted even in 'Windows XP Classic' style.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:21 pm 
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Well, it's hardly unexpected. Unused code (in the typical sense) is being removed all the time, so re-enabling dormant functionality will become less and less viable over time.

Not that I agree that they should be doing so. But they are.

Explorer needed a rewrite a looong time ago.

Most people nowadays, sadly, seem too ignorant to understand how much better it could be.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 10:57 am 
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The bug is fixed in the latest version 4.2.1.


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PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 7:21 pm 
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Thank you!

Don't forget to change the download page so it says "Release" instead of "Beta".

Edit: Sorry, make that the "History" page, not "download".

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