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Weird whitebar in Win11 explorer

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Hey, Explorer on Win11 on my laptop has a weird white bar (just above the address bar) that I can't seem to remove.



Normal windows 11 explorer:

screen1.png




Bugged(?) windows 11 explorer:

screen2.png


(First screenshot is from my desktop (1920x1080 100% scaling), second screenshot is from my laptop (2880x1800 150% scaling) hence the size difference)

Any ideas how to fix this?
Thanks.
 
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anything except 100% scaling is broken on windows since it was implemented.
 

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Maybe this will help:

Remove White Line File Explorer on Windows 10 Dark Mode



Alternate method:

How to fix White bar at the top in File Explorer in Windows 10 / 11

1 – Press Windows key and R key together from keyboard to open run.

2 – Now, write regedit in run command box and click OK.

3 – Now, go to the following path in registry editor.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar

4 – Now, in the right side , double click on locked and make sure the value is 1.

5 – Once you set the value to 1, close the registry and restart your PC.



Locked Min





This should help you resolve the problem.
 
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Maybe this will help:

Remove White Line File Explorer on Windows 10 Dark Mode



Alternate method:

How to fix White bar at the top in File Explorer in Windows 10 / 11

1 – Press Windows key and R key together from keyboard to open run.

2 – Now, write regedit in run command box and click OK.

3 – Now, go to the following path in registry editor.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar

4 – Now, in the right side , double click on locked and make sure the value is 1.

5 – Once you set the value to 1, close the registry and restart your PC.



Locked Min





This should help you resolve the problem.

Thank you, this worked. I didn't even have to restart.
 
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