Windows 10: File Explorer address bar turned black

Discus and support File Explorer address bar turned black in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Hi there, to elaborate on the thread title: after updating to build 1709/Fall Creators update, File Explorer's address bar has spontaneously turned... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by DeltaPavonis, Mar 13, 2018.

  1. File Explorer address bar turned black


    Hi there, to elaborate on the thread title: after updating to build 1709/Fall Creators update, File Explorer's address bar has spontaneously turned black and for the life of me, I can't revert it to white like it was before.

    My Google-fu is coming up empty here, as variations of the search string "windows 10 file explorer address bar black" haven't really dredged up anything useful.
    Any ideas short of doing a complete OS reinstall?
    Attached is a screenshot of File Explorer as it currently is.

    :)
     
    DeltaPavonis, Mar 13, 2018
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  2. File Explorer has gone crazy after last nights upgrade.

    My only has icons instead of full descriptions. I can not get back to a point where I have tabs that actually say something. Please tell me how to get my view repaired? help... Help.... HELP!!!
     
    File Explorer, Mar 13, 2018
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  3. DaveM121 Win User
    Windows 10 Taskbar

    This is going to sound strange, but the Address Bar on your Taskbar can be cleared from Windows File Explorer . . .

    Open Windows File Explorer

    At the top is the Address bar, right click and choose Delete History

    If you do not get "Delete History' in the right click menu, click somewhere else in File Explorer and then right click the Address bar again

    Imgur
     
    DaveM121, Mar 13, 2018
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  4. dalchina New Member

    File Explorer address bar turned black

    You can find traces of that sort of appearance e.g. here:
    Windows 8 on the desktop—an awkward hybrid | Ars Technica
    - see image following text "A few issues are, I hope, simply due to the beta quality"
    - though how that relates to what you are seeing I've no idea.

    What did you upgrade from?

    Can you confirm you've not used any 3rd party program to modify file explorer's appearance such as OldNew explorer or Qttabbar?
     
    dalchina, Mar 13, 2018
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  5. Good call - it was in fact Old New Explorer causing the issue. I'd updated from a prior build of Windows 10 to 1703, though I honestly don't remember what build I was on prior to the update.
     
    DeltaPavonis, Mar 14, 2018
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  6. dalchina New Member
    Good news. Nothing wrong with using such programs - so long as they behave as you want...
     
    dalchina, Apr 5, 2018
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