File and Folder "Open" button does not work of File and Folder select dialog

Windows Utility
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Hello,

I just completed going through the Tweaks, Essential Tweaks, a few Advanced Tweaks and also selecting some Customize Preferences. Now when I open a file or folder selection panel the “Open” button of the panel does not work it is greyed out. If I Right Mouse Click on the desired Folder or File I can choose the option to “Select” and the folder or File is selected. I looked at the tweaks and preferences and I don’t see any particular reference to this behavior. So my question is did one or more of the tweaks or preferences I choose changed this?

Here are my current settings:

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Thank you for your assistance

David

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Sorry I forgot to add the following:

CTT version 26.08.19

Windows 11 25H2

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Discord: reverieviee: Hi,

Thanks for the detailed report showcasing which tweaks you ran. I tested this on Windows 11 25H2 (build 26200.7171) with those same tweaks applied, and file pickers work normally.

I also checked what those tweaks actually write. None of them set any of the Windows policies that disable buttons in file dialogs, so I don’t think a tweak you selected is the cause, though I can’t rule it out completely yet.

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Discord: reverieviee: One thing would help narrow it down a lot. Windows 11 has two different file dialogs, and they’re separate code:

  1. Open Notepad, then File > Open
  2. Upload a file to a website in your browser, or use a Microsoft Store app

Does the Open button grey out in both, or only in one?

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Discord: reverieviee: If it’s only the second option, that’s a known flaky Windows component (the name is PickerHost.exe) and it’s a Windows problem rather than anything WinUtil did. In that case these are worth running from an admin terminal

sfc /scannow

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

If it happens in both, try creating a fresh local account and testing there.

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discord-bridge, thank you for your reply

I tried both suggestions and both worked correctly. Hmmm…

Maybe the issue has gone away for now??

I am going to keep an eye of this and if it returns, I’ll try your suggestions and see what happens.

I am not surprised that this is a “flaky” Windows problem. Windows is generally flaky to begin with.

Thank you again.

David