Windows 10: File Explorer: how to disable the big navigation bar using gpo or registry?

Recently i have updated to 1909 and in the Windows file explorer i noticed that the navigation and search bar are hueg now. Yes it's a minor nitpick but i simply don't like wasted white space (like it's the trend everywhere now it seems). Of course along the other bugs mentioned but to me the bugged searchbar is no big deal.

I know that it can be made normal again using either the registry or group policy. Unfortunately i didn't manage to find the site where the solution was (otherwise i would share it here). It was a couple months ago since i found it

In the below link if you scroll a bit to the bottom to see the difference. https://www.askvg.com/review-new-updated-search-box-in-file-explorer-in-windows-10/

Does perhaps anyone here know how to revert this change?

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Not able to open sub-folders from navigation pane in File explorer.

Hi,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We will assist you in resolving the issue.



Before assisting further, I would like to ask you few questions:

• Under which drive are you not able to view the sub folders?
• Are you not able to expand the options from navigation pane of the File explorer?

This seems to be a temporary issue. Sometimes disabling and enabling some of the options will fix the issue.



Follow the steps below and check if the issue is resolved.

• Open File explorer by pressing Windows key + E keys on the keyboard.
• Click on View tab located at the top of the window.
• Click on Navigation pane and uncheck Navigation pane option.
• Close the window, follow the above steps from a to
  c, only this time check the option Navigation pane and check if the changes are effective.

Write back to us for further assistance, we will be happy to assist.



Thank you.

 

Edge GPO Customization Questions: Favorites bar, etc.


Hey guys,

We're slowly but surely upgrading our employee workstations to Windows 10. Right now in our Windows domain, we have some group policy objects in place that force the favorites bar to display in Internet Explorer, and also update/add our company intranet sites to the favorites bar upon login.

With IE, it was easy enough - you can just create the .lnk files in the favorites folder, and they show up.

I was doing some experimentation with Edge's favorites bar and it's not that simple. Creating links in there does nothing by itself, it looks like there's also some XML file that has metadata and links back to that file.

What I'd like to do via GPOs is to have the favorites bar displayed by default, and to have a list of favorites added to the favorites bars based on Active Directory group membership.

I imported the .admx files for Edge, but there aren't any settings for these. Is it possible to do via registry/other tweaks? We can import .reg files via GPO just fine, if a workaround of that fashion is needed.

Also, any way to have it set Google as the default search engine so people don't have to go do it the first time they log on? Most of our users aren't that knowledgeable so they'd end up using Bing without meaning to and are used to using Google.

 

Why Can't I see the navigation Pane in File Explorer?

Hi Jainam,

I am sorry to know that you are facing issues with Windows 10.

I suggest you to reset Windows explorer and check the behavior.

Please follow the steps:

• 
  Right click on the task Bar and select Task Manager.
  
• 
  Select Processes tab.
  
• 
  Choose windows explorer and right click on it.
  
• 
  Select end task
  
• 
  Click on file menu and select run new task.
  
• 
  Type explorer.exe
  
• 
  Click on ok.
  

Hope this helps in resolving the issue with Windows Explorer. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.


Regards,