This will never trigger the rename and is usually the safest option. The easiest option is to left-click on the icon and not on the name if the file or folder is already highlighted in Windows Explorer. There are however settings and options that may help prevent the situation in first place. It happens if the file is already highlighted in Windows Explorer and if it is left-clicked again, or if the user double-clicks on the file and the double-clicks are interpreted as two single clicks.įirst the bad news: There is no option to disable the left-click renaming feature in Windows. There are two situations where Windows interprets a left-click on a file or folder as a request to rename the file. He mentioned that he could not 'figure out how to get the File Browser to stop trying to rename files' when clicking on them.
I first became aware of the problem when Dotan posted about it in the Ghacks forum.
