How to stop windows 11 file explorer from collapsing all documents folders after opening a file

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Frequently, but not always, when I use Windows 11 File Explorer to drill down into my Documents folders and open a file (Word, Excel, PDF, an image file - it doesn't seem to matter), the entire Documents folder will be collapsed so that no folders show any longer. All of my Quick Access folder also disappear. I then have to find the Documents folder again (often by going down via either Desktop, This PC, or Libraries) to search for and open the folder I was just using. This gets especially frustrating when trying to find the right file or document among many: I open one, "nope, that's not i

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