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---
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title: "Disable Explorer Automatic Folder Discovery"
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description: ""
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---
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```json {filename="config/tweaks.json",linenos=inline,linenostart=2634}
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"WPFTweaksDisableExplorerAutoDiscovery": {
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"Content": "Disable Explorer Automatic Folder Discovery",
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"Description": "Windows Explorer automatically tries to guess the type of the folder based on its contents, slowing down the browsing experience. WARNING! Will disable File Explorer grouping.",
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"category": "Essential Tweaks",
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"panel": "1",
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"InvokeScript": [
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"
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# Previously detected folders
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$bags = \"HKCU:\\Software\\Classes\\Local Settings\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Shell\\Bags\"
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# Folder types lookup table
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$bagMRU = \"HKCU:\\Software\\Classes\\Local Settings\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Shell\\BagMRU\"
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# Flush Explorer view database
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Remove-Item -Path $bags -Recurse -Force
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Write-Host \"Removed $bags\"
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Remove-Item -Path $bagMRU -Recurse -Force
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Write-Host \"Removed $bagMRU\"
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# Every folder
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$allFolders = \"HKCU:\\Software\\Classes\\Local Settings\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Shell\\Bags\\AllFolders\\Shell\"
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if (!(Test-Path $allFolders)) {
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New-Item -Path $allFolders -Force
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Write-Host \"Created $allFolders\"
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}
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# Generic view
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New-ItemProperty -Path $allFolders -Name \"FolderType\" -Value \"NotSpecified\" -PropertyType String -Force
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Write-Host \"Set FolderType to NotSpecified\"
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Write-Host Please sign out and back in, or restart your computer to apply the changes!
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"
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],
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"UndoScript": [
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"
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# Previously detected folders
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$bags = \"HKCU:\\Software\\Classes\\Local Settings\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Shell\\Bags\"
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# Folder types lookup table
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$bagMRU = \"HKCU:\\Software\\Classes\\Local Settings\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Shell\\BagMRU\"
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# Flush Explorer view database
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Remove-Item -Path $bags -Recurse -Force
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Write-Host \"Removed $bags\"
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Remove-Item -Path $bagMRU -Recurse -Force
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Write-Host \"Removed $bagMRU\"
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Write-Host Please sign out and back in, or restart your computer to apply the changes!
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"
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],
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```
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