Windows 10: "Item check boxes" Ignored permanently enabled

Hello there:I have a Surface Pro 11 with Windows 11 which can be behave as a Tablet and as a Laptop and I'm having the problem on Windows Explorer that all icons appear with checkboxes on the left side. This is equivalent to having enable the next option: ... Settings of Explorer > Options > View > Advanced Settings > Use check boxes to select itemsorExplorer Toolbar > View > Show > Item Check Boxes But behaves the same regardless of those options. I've seen in forums that it's because Windows 11 modifies the settings when it thinks the Surface Pro is being used as

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Win 11 Item Check Boxes.

Windows 11 File Explorer has an option (as before) to single click or double click to open a file. Also it is possible to show or not show "Item Check Boxes". (The "Show" option at the bottom of the "View" menu item). When the preview pane is on, and we have chosen to show check boxes, pointing at the file name does not show a preview in the preview pane - we have to click in the box or click on the file. However, if we choose to not show the item check boxes, then if we point with the mouse, the preview does show immediately. This setting therefore is good for reviewing photos, but for text files etc the check box concept is good. I suggest you should enable us to set check boxes or not, per folder, rather than the current global setting.

 

Change "Open with" list items

This Nir Sofer utility shows gzdoom on the list, I also tried to add it with this old program that you linked but windows explorer seems to ignore this.

Also the suggestion that I leave 'Always open with...' un-checked. resulted in that it opened it once but never added it to open with list permanently. It stays top open with dialog but not to context menu.

 

Why can't I disable Item Check Boxes or enable Compact View in File Explorer?

That is an interesting workaround that has happened for you. so now that you have it set to compact view when connected to an external monitor, it has saved those only why connected to it. Once you disconnect it, it goes back to showing the boxes in your file manager.

Can you please try the steps located here on this forum for disabling the check boxes?

https://www.technipages.com/fix-item-checkboxes...

Press the Windows and R keys to open a new Run window.

Enter control.exe folders, and hit Enter.

In the new Folder Options window, locate Use checkboxes to select items.File-Explorer-Options-use-checkboxes-to-select-items

Untick the checkbox to disable the option.

Once you have done that please restart the file explorer by closing it down and reopening.

There is also a way of correcting it via the Registry as well listed in the link above if that does not work.

Will you please let me know if those steps above help to resolve this issue, so the check boxes are gone even when disconnected from your external monitor?