Tabs keep opening everytime I open a folder

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Not sure what you mean by open a folder. But, have you tried turn on this option in Groupy2?

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Yes I have.

What I mean by opening a folder is if I click on a folder it instantly opens a new tab, disabling this option makes it open in a new window, I don't want it to do either of those. I want it to replace the current tab I'm in with the folder I just opened if I'm going through a directory, this is how Stardock worked on Windows 10.

I want tabs to only be created when I click on the tab button.

Think of it like a browser: it has tabs, but when you click on a link it takes you to a new webpage within that tab most of the time, if it just kept opening new tabs everytime you pressed on a link your browser would be cluttered and unorganized. That is the current state of this app and stock Win11. I'm using groupy for productivity and on Windows 11 tabs are harming productivity because my organization is getting ruined by this.

Not sure if that is normal behavior, you're referring to Windows File explorer, yes? Do you mean while in Windows explorer. If you single click on a folder it auto open a new tab on that folder? If that is the case that is not normal. Usually you will need to double click on a folder to enter it and it will not create a new tab.

Please upload a video of this happening so we can understand it better. Upload to any video sharing site such as yahoo. And post its link here.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

What you described is true, except the single click thing. It still requires a double click to enter folders luckily. Here is the video: https://streamable.com/elc4og

Thanks for the video. That is strange. Please try, uninstall Groupy, reboot immediately (important), redownload the latest version from your account page. Install it. Reboot immediately, retest and report back.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reinstalling Groupy does not fix this, this is happening with normal windows tabs too

Try this. Open Windows "Folder Options" and on the "General" tab select "Open each folder in the same window."

It's already on that (thank you for trying to help I do appreciate it) I have no idea whats going on.

When you said this, did you mean it also happen while Groupy was totally uninstalled from the system?

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

yes, even before I installed group my windows was doing this. I only installed groupy because I thought it might fix the issue

I think its most probably on your Windows setting. Please try Cleanboot and see if it help identify which application is causing it. https://forums.stardock.com/488142/groupy-support-faq#cleanboot.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant