In Windows File Explorer, when you select the Details view, all columns in this row are active for file selection. Under Windows XP, only the ‘Name’ column was. But from Windows Vista this behavior has changed and now every time you select an item the entire row is selected in Windows 11/10/8/7.
When using the Details view in Windows File Explorer, when you select an item, the set is selected. In a large folder with many columns displayed, it may be difficult to right-click the folder background if needed.
So, if you want, you can change the full line selection behavior, so that only the file name is selected.
Disable full row selection in Windows 11/10
In Windows Vista, you can change the FullRowSelect registry value to achieve this result. But this is known not to work on Windows 7 or Windows 8. You need to make additional registry changes.
So the easiest option would be to use our free tweaker.
To disable or restore Full Row Select in Windows Vista and Windows 7download and use UWT2.
To disable or restore Full Row Select in Windows 8download and use UWT3. Check the Disable full row selection items and press Apply.
Windows 10 users should use Ultime Windows Tweaker 4.
Windows 11 users should use Ultime Windows Tweaker 5.
I hope this works for you.
Read more: How to disable automatic layout in folders in Windows 11/10/8/7.
