Solved File Explorer Separators


izzyforeal

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Hello all, I have an issue with the line separator in Explorer. I've tried the fixes on the forum, searched Google and nothing seems to work. There was a registry hack that didn't work and the other was a "show all folders" option which does fix the issue but I don't want to show all folders. Anyone have anything new regarding this problem?

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Sorry no one has answered you. May I ask if your issue is with the appearance of that separator (I can see it's slightly skewed)or are you wanting to get rid of the separator?
What version of 11 are your running, release or insider? I am on release and my separators have sufficient space between the groups, unlike yours which cuts through the letters. If you are running an insider version, the skewed separator may be a problem in that version.

If you are wanting to get rid of the separator entirely, I'm sorry but I know no way of doing that. I believe those separators are hard coded into file explorer, but I may well be wrong..

You can make your navigation pane much cleaner as I have by using Brink's tutorials. I did set to show all folders and then removed folders from the pane per this tutorial. Afterward, I pinned only the folders I wanted to see. Now my navigation pane is not so junky.
see screenshot below of result.
www.elevenforum.com

Add or Remove Folders in File Explorer Navigation Pane in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Libraries, Music, Pictures, and/or Videos folder(s) in the File Explorer navigation pane when using "Show all folders" for all users in Windows 11. The navigation pane is the far left pane in File Explorer used...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com

You might find your answer in all the tutorials involving the navigation pane. Here they all are together.
www.elevenforum.com

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Hello glasskuter and thank you kindly for the reply. My problem is I don't want them pinned, I want them below the MYPC area as shown in my original post. I've looked everywhere and hoped someone might have run across this and solved it but no such luck. Once again, thanks for your reply.
 

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Try toggling compact view to see if it resets the spacing and fixes your line issue?

  1. Open File Explorer on Windows 11.
  2. Click the See more menu from the command bar and click on Options.
  3. Click the View tab.
  4. Check the “Decrease space between items (compact view)” option.
  5. Click the Apply button.
  6. Click the OK button.
 

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Thanks antspants but that's already selected.
 

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antspants said:
I was curious if toggling it on and off might give it a kick. Cheers
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Sadly, no. I toggled it off, restarted explorer and then back on...no dice.
 

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izzyforeal said:
Sadly, no. I toggled it off, restarted explorer and then back on...no dice.
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It’s an odd bug, I have not ever seen it before. It’s like a broken HTML CSS script.
 

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antspants said:
It’s an odd bug, I have not ever seen it before. It’s like a broken HTML CSS script.
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Yes, I've read about it all over the internet. Sucks.
 

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try to use winaero tweaker to remove them and see if it gets rid of the glitch
 

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dacrone said:
try to use winaero tweaker to remove them and see if it gets rid of the glitch
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Hey thanks for the reply dacrone. I looked in WinAero Tweaker under the File Explorer menu and found nothing applicable to my issue.
 

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you want that separator gone and to unpin those folders right?
 

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dacrone said:
you want that separator gone and to unpin those folders right?
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I have everything unpinned. It's just one separator, check out the picture.
 

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without going into too much of a rabbit hole (it could be various things).. you could in-place upgrade your windows to the same version as current.. that would restore any corrupted files.

if not, you could run an online dism image repair (fastest way to do is use winaero tweaker and add it to the context menu "repair windows image"), or you can google all of the commands if you wish
 

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dacrone said:
without going into too much of a rabbit hole (it could be various things).. you could in-place upgrade your windows to the same version as current.. that would restore any corrupted files.

if not, you could run an online dism image repair (fastest way to do is use winaero tweaker and add it to the context menu "repair windows image"), or you can google all of the commands if you wish
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I just upgraded to 11 and have had this problem since doing the in place upgrade but I will do the DISM and report back.
 

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izzyforeal said:
I just upgraded to 11 and have had this problem since doing the in place upgrade but I will do the DISM and report back.
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Ran DISM tools, rebooted, still the same.
 

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    BaseBoard Product 018W12
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    16GB DDR4-2666MHz, 2x8G
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    NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5
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    Digital Power Station | Bongiovi Acoustics
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    Samsung 970 EVO 1TB
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