# More bizarre MS behaviour: Jumping windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 6, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-ms-behaviour-jumping-windows/843079 "2019-11-06T14:50:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-ms-behaviour-jumping-windows/843079/1 "2019-11-06T14:50:18Z")
I have MS Windows 10 on my work computer. Recently it has found a new way to annoy me. I open a drive on my desktop, and go down to the file I want. (There are thousands of files.) I do stuff. For example: I’ll run some data through a program that results in three output files. I combine two of the output files into the third. (There’s a reason they’re written separately, but that’s not important here.) So I’ll copy the contents of one file and paste it into the third. When I look look behind the open file, or when I go to get the second file, the drive window has gone to the top. I’m no longer down at the numbers where I want to be. Of course, all I have to do is tap a cursor key since I’m ‘actually’ down there; but that’s yet another keystroke. (And if I’m not careful, I’ll have to scroll all the way down again.) Is there any way to make the window stay put? ETA: Oh – This started happening with the last mandatory upgrade. . ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-ms-behaviour-jumping-windows/843079/2 "2019-11-06T16:40:24Z")
I can’t test it, but see if the instructions in this article are helpful: [https://www.askvg.com/fix-file-explorer-automatically-scrolls-jumps-to-top-of-folder-in-windows-10/](https://www.askvg.com/fix-file-explorer-automatically-scrolls-jumps-to-top-of-folder-in-windows-10/) If this works, then I’ll note you can still get a desktop background that changes, by using third party apps, like the ones described on [this page](https://lifehacker.com/the-best-wallpaper-manager-for-windows-5885032). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-ms-behaviour-jumping-windows/843079/3 "2019-11-06T17:43:41Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I can’t test it, but see if the instructions in this article are helpful: [[Fix] File Explorer Automatically Scrolls / Jumps to Top of Folder in Windows 10 – AskVG](https://www.askvg.com/fix-file-explorer-automatically-scrolls-jumps-to-top-of-folder-in-windows-10/) OK, I picked a colour. (I hated that it kept changing. I like blue.) I’ll see if that works! Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-bizarre-ms-behaviour-jumping-windows/843079/4 "2019-11-06T18:03:33Z")
Didn’t work. ☹