Windows 10: turn off file explorer grouping

Hello, How can I turn off the automatic file folder grouping? This is a new feature that came with an update and it's really annoying. I checked my settings but don't see anything for it. If I right click and select "close group" it closes out of all my folders, which I don't want. When I right click and select "group settings" it brings up a page that doesn't say anything about grouping. I want to keep snap windows on so I can drag and resize things. Is grouping a part of that?

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File Explorer

Hi Joyce,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand your inconvenience. We will assist you with it.

I suggest you to follow the steps provided below and check if it helps.

• Open File Explorer.
• Click on view option.
• Click on preview panel to turn it Off and On.

Hope this information helps. If you have any further queries related to Windows, let us know.
We will be happy to assist you.

Thank you.

 

Locking the file explorer

After many failed attempts to disable the file explorer, automatic grouping of file names in alphabetical order suggested, the work around suggested fails miserably. Using the “group by” has been found to be completely incapable of working.
The “group by” procedure found online is”
1. Open the file explorer
2. Navigate to the folder containing the files to be renamed.
3. Click the view tab.
4. Click the down arrow to access the “Group by” pull down menu.
5. Clicking the “Date created” category or any other category except the “Name” category.
6. Again click the down arrow to access the “Group by” pull down menu
7. Click “None”
After manually changing the “File name” and clicking “Enter”. The “File name” category once again automatically reorganizes the in alphabetical order. In effect Steps 1 thru 7 accomplishes nothing.
Additionally, if I repeat the process in a folder containing nothing but “MP4 Video Files (VLC)” in the “Type” category” and run the “Group by” process it still continues to resort the names alphabetically. It then places a new blank Deltacad file into the Folder having files being renamed. It then launches and plays the changed video file with the VLC media player.

 

File explorer (Grouping files)

I already do something very similar, i was just hoping to be able to have the files in groups rather then as a long list. Hopefully someone knows how to edit these inbuilt group options.

It is odd if windows added a group option, to group files, but wont let me create any groups to categorize the files in.