Windows 11 24H2 File Explorer bug where 'See more' menu expands upward instead of dropping down fixed in latest update

Windows 11 users who eagerly embraced the latest 24H2 update may have felt that the upgrade has been a bit like that infamous lemon at the car dealership. Since its release, 24H2 has been riddled with all sorts of frustrating quirks and bugs, leaving users struggling with unexpected crashes, freezing screens, and even something as simple as the File Explorer behaving unpredictably. As per reports, there’s one particularly odd annoyance driving many users up the wall: File Explorer’s “See More” menu, which stubbornly insists on opening upward, no matter where you are on the screen.

Here’s what’s happening: the File Explorer in Windows 11’s 24H2 update has developed a baffling habit. Typically, dropdown menus are smart about direction — they know to open up when near the bottom of the screen to avoid running off the edge. But for many users on 24H2, the “See More” menu seems to have forgotten how gravity works entirely, only opening upward even when it means going off-screen. This bug isn’t just visually confusing; it makes it much harder to actually see and use the options in the menu. Even placing the File Explorer at the very top of the screen hasn’t helped — it just keeps clipping upwards, out of sight.

Even after this week’s November update, which tackled other 24H2 bugs, the File Explorer menu glitch persists in the stable release. I don’t have this issue on Windows 11 22H2, and a Redditor also seconded this, noting that the issue is absent in 23H2 Beta (22635.4440) and 24H2 Dev channel (26120.2222). Microsoft had also confirmed this with the release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.2222 (Dev Channel) last week.

The good news? A fix is indeed on the way — and it’s already showing up in the latest Windows 11 Build 26100.2448, available now in the Release Preview Channel. This version corrects the frustrating dropdown behavior so that the menu will actually open downward when expected, and only go up when it makes sense to avoid the screen’s edge.

[File Explorer] Fixed: When you select the See more button, the menu expands upward instead of dropping down. Because of this, the menu might go off the screen, depending on the position of File Explorer.

If you’re currently struggling with the misbehaving menu, you might find solace in knowing that Microsoft has officially listed this bug as resolved in the changelog for the Release Preview Build. With the preview build typically a testing ground for fixes that eventually make it to the public version, there’s a solid chance the corrected File Explorer behavior will roll out in the near future.