Windows 10: I need help restoring the default navigation of File Explorer. The navigation change ever...

Hello I need help with restoring the default navigation of my file explorer. The older view of the File Explorer suddenly changed after the update I made today 9/27/2023 8:50 PM GMT+8 Hours. It became hassle and very difficult to use unlike before. - The Ribbon File, Home, Share View is missing, its very difficult to navigate. - The address bar suddenly change position and now it is on top. It also feels like an address bar for edge/chrome/mozilla and I cannot even move any files to the address bar unlike before.I'm sorry if I cannot post the image. The "Insert Image" keeps rejecting my pict

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File Explorer Navigation Pane Default Icons Have Changed

Hello! First time posting here.

I asked this question about a week ago on the HP community, and although a suggestion was offered, the problem persists.

I cannot give an exact date, but at some point my File Explorer Navigation Pane Icons changed from the default:





to this:





Notice they are folder icons with the unique icon picture 'overlay'

Brief history:

• I have had my HP Spectre x360 15 (4K touch display) for about 6 weeks.
• Initial file transfer was done using Windows (7) Easy Transfer (migwiz) which I have used on other machines without incident. Using the advanced selection; no settings were transferred, just Documents, Pictures, Music, Video.
• I do not use any outside themes; just experimented a few times using the built in HP themes.
• I have gone so far as to try overriding the current icons using the registry modifications mentioned in this Ten Forums post: Change Icons of Folders in This PC in Windows 10
• When I tried the suggestions in Option One, the only change which occurred was that the unique icon picture was removed and only the plain folder icon remained. Yet the registry entries outlined in Option 2 “Change Icons of Folders in This PC for All Users” all appear to be correct.
• There are no “exotic” programs on the computer – just Office 365, Adobe Photoshop/Premiere Elements, Bootstrap Studio, Inkscape, etc.

Purchased at the same time was an HP Envy x360 laptop which is almost identical in specifications and installed programs except it has a regular Full HD touch screen (1920x1080). The Navigation Pane icons there are the expected 'default' as shown in the second screenshot.

Any ideas what may have caused this and any suggestions how to get the default icons back?

 

File Explorer Navigation Pane Default Icons Have Changed

When you navigate to the actual folder location (C:\Users\<UserName> or C:\Users\<UserName>\OneDrive unless you've redirectred them), Do they display thier custom icons in the Content pane?

 

File Explorer Missing Various Locations/Shortcuts in Navigation Pane

*Huh

No need to edit the regisry. This is more easily accomplished through the UI. The value is toggled by checking or unchecking Show libraries from the Navigation Pane context menu or View > Navigation Pane[/B

*Busted
This key doesn't exist by default.
It was created by you or a tweaking program
*Busted

*Shock neither of which you fessed up to *Shock

*Banghead That sort of information helps with remote trouble-shooting! *Banghead

*Group hug
Sorry you had to go through all that.
Live and learn
*Group hug