Taskbar icons too wide and Explorer check boxes

[Bec-de-Xorbin]

After updating to 22000.493.42.26 and trying centered taskbar and then reverting to default settings (At screen edge), taskbar icons got wider. I don't know how to get them back to normal. Also in Explorer every item has a check box now, even when View -> Show -> Item check boxes is not enabled (tried to enable -> disable that, no effect). Downgrading to 22000.493.42.25 didn't work either. Any ideas?

EDIT: I cannot reproduce this under Windows Sandbox so maybe it was user error or something... Anyways, solved it by system restore.

[TheLBall]

Having this issue too, it also seems to make the Compact View option not work. Win11 build 22000.527

UPDATE: This doesn't seem to happen on my main PC. Win10 22000.527. The main difference I can think might have an effect is screen resolution.

[bobarakatx]

Having the exact same issue

[valinet]

Happened to me as well, now that I switched from using the laptop with my 2 4K screens to using the laptop screen alone.

EDIT: I have developed a fix, found where the problem originated from. It will be fixed in the next pre-release, that's for sure.

[valinet]

Thanks for bearing with me. I have issued a fix in the latest update.

From CHANGELOG:

Fixed a bug that made certain systems, under certain circumstances, to become stuck in "tablet mode"; symptoms included more spacing between taskbar icons, compact view permanently disabled in File Explorer, and/or item checkboxes permanently enabled in File Explorer (#1022). After installing this update, if you are still stuck with the tablet UI, open the Registry Editor, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\TabletTip\ConvertibleSlateModeChanged and delete the ConvertibleSlateModeChanged which most likely is stuck to value 1.

[VHFG22]

I couldn't find the ConvertibleSlateModeChanged on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, I even tried to create a new one to set it to 0 but only errors about not having enough permissions and then I saw the option on the context menu to jump to HKEY_CURRENT_USER and there it was, deleted it, no error, restart explorer and it's back to normal. 👌 Thank you for the quick fix.
Just a notice, I don't know if the user is supposed to have permission or not, but if anyone is struggling to find it, just look on HKCU.

[valinet]

Yeah, my bad, I should have said HKCU, sorry. I will correct the post. Apologies.