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Thissal
Explorer | Level 3
6 months ago

The position of a folder changes after renaming files in it

I have a folder with about 1000 files.   When I add a bunch of files to it, I need to rename each one to a specific rename.    Before the recent upgrade, after renaming a file, it would go to t...
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Hannah
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Hey Thissal, I checked this on my end and it appears to be an expected change.

 

However, we've noted your feedback, so thanks for letting us know how this is affecting you.

 

Your comments will be passed along to our team.

 

Let me know if you need anything else.

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Thissal
Explorer | Level 3
6 months ago

Thanks, I suspected it was a change that was not well considered.   

another problem is when doing a search on a name in some folder, I need to back out of that folder and back in before doing the search on the next name.  

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