How to Stop Auto-Expanding Folders?

[TC]

In Windows Explorer, if you hover the mouse over a folder in the folder
pane, that folder will automatically expand. I find this feature very
annoying. Is there any way to turn it off?

-TC

 

[Bob I]

That is not default behavior, is TweakUI installed or something like
that? I would take a look in some "3rd party" settings for your mouse to
turn this off.

 

[TC]

Bob,

No, I'm pretty sure it's default behavior -- I just explained it badly. I
should have mentioned that it only happens when you are dragging something.
For instance, if you drag a file over an unexpanded folder in the folder
pane, then wait a second, that folder will expand. It's not a bad feature,
but it has caused me to miss my destination folder many times, so I'd prefer
to turn it off.

-TC

 

[Tommy Halnet]

I'm pretty sure that's normal. It's that way so you can drag things deep
down into the folders.

 

[Bob I]

Yes, described that way, it is normal. Sorry, I don't know how to
"break" that feature. I personally don't use Windows Explorer as I find
it a bit annoying. I prefer to work with "My Computer" and multiple
folders/windows.

 

[Tommy Halnet]

there's another file browser that you can use, the old File Manager
[winfile.exe] from W3.1, Its not included with W2K, I know there's still a
copy of it inW98, W95 and NT and it runs in W2K. It make the "file types"
more easily programmable.[that's how I found it]. It might be more to your
liking as well.