Windows 10: File Explorer resets before I can finish renaming a file

In my pictures folder I have a LOT of photos from 2006 forward put into folders by month. I am trying to add folders for recent months, which I am able to do. However when I try to rename the folder from "New Folder" to, say, "2017-07 Vacation" by the time I get to the "V" my whole folder rename resets and suddenly the name of the folder becomes "V" wiping out my typing of "2017-07 " In order to accomplish what I want, I type just "2017" and hit enter, then go into rename and try to add "-07" before the reset happens and hit enter, then go into rename again and try to add "Vacation" before the reset. This takes several minutes.


I've done some research and have seen posts suggesting it is my screen background choices, but I have only a solid color, no refreshes.


This did not happen in good old Windows 7. And this appears to be a problem for several years. Will some developer at Microsoft take a look and fix? Seems like it would be easy to fix. You can use my system to debug lol.


Hoping I don't get the pat answers from other posts.


If this won't be fixed, does anyone have a suggestion for a program other than file explorer that does not have this issue?


thanks for any help or advice.

:)

 

Trouble renaming photos and files

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

- Are you using Photo app to rename the photos?

- Did you try renaming the photos directly from File explorer?

- Do you get any message?



I suggest you to rename photos from File Explorer and check if it helps:

Follow the steps to rename photo from File Explorer:

1. Right click on the start menu and select File Explorer.

2. Click on pictures present on the left side of the page.

3. Right on the picture you want to rename and select the option rename.



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Cannot Rename Files in File Explorer Search Results

Hi,

The issue you are facing may be due to the system file is corrupt. Let’s try the simple troubleshooting methods and check if it helps in resolving the issue.

I would like to know the details below to assist you better.

1) Do you face this issue with files on any location?

2) Did you make any changes prior to this issue?

3) Have you installed all the pending updates?

I would suggest you to reset the Windows explorer. Follow the steps below:

• Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc and locate for Windows Explorer.
• Right click on the Windows Explorer and click on End task.
• On top of the Task Manager click on File and click on
  Run new task.
• Type explorer.exe inside the box and hit Enter.

Hope this helps, let us know the status of the issue.

 

File Explorer rename files with the same name when copying


Quite frankly I'm surprised no one has brought this up (or I am using the wrong search terms). When copying files in explorer, Windows 7 (I can't remember anything older than that LOL) I am asked what I want to do with copying files that have the same name as existing files in the destination folder. One click, keep the old file and rename the new one, bam, done. Now, trying the same thing in Win 10, I get a really stupid box, Replace the files in the destination (same as the old), Skip these files (ditto), or Let me decide for each file (abotu the same, I don't have any Win 7 boxes to check). So I click on Let me decide... and a list of all the files comes up with checkboxes for each and every one, and two to select all the files in one or both folders. So now I have an extra step compared to Win 7, I have to check off these boxes, then continue. All I had to do is click on copy and rename the files in Win 7. Does anyone else think this is a really stupid and unnecessary complication of a really common thing to do in Explorer? More to the point, is there some setting that I can turn off, to let it replace or rename everything with one simple mouse click? I've tried the old Robocpoy and Rich Copy and they're not acceptable, even more steps that explorer.

Slightly related question: is there a fully featured alternative to file explorer (by that I mean everything that Win 7 File explorer could do)? Coupled with other "deimprovements" like destroying the insanely useful "recent files & folders" in the folder pane every save/save as menu in every program and replacing it with the fatally flawed "Quick Access" I'm wanting to ditch it altogether. It would be really special if we just could revert to the old File explorer and make life a heck of a lot easier.