So it's the double-click on a single file that clears the selection because I have absolutely opened multiple files at once on accident. So yeah, pressing Enter or Right-Click>Open is the way to go.

Windows 11 KB5079473 March 2026 Update quietly shipped with a performance boost that could make the 'search' bar in File Explorer faster.

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In brief: If you frequently deal with zipped files, File Explorer should soon perform notably better during extraction. Developers have optimized the feature in the latest Windows 11 Preview Build. It ...

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