I would like to take this opportunity to mention something that has puzzled me for a long time, at least since 9.51. It's related to the display of parent directory date in the default "full" view. I will use two examples to describe it - and the logic of the two examples somehow contradicts with each other. To me it seems almost like a bug, but it could also be by design.
Notes:
1. I have always been on the Windows Insiders Build, and as I mentioned, this "issue" (may not be) has occurred ever since 9.51 with the latest Windows 10 preview.
2. I try to write out everything I see in the file list panel, but you can also refer to the screenshots here (numbered) for better visualization.
Example 1
Let's say I navigate into the folder D:\Downloads\Total Commander, and it looks like below (and can be seen in Screenshot 1 in the link above):
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D:\Downloads\Total Commander\
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.. <DIR> 2018-12-14 09:07 ----
1 Program\ <DIR> 2021-05-06 10:32 ----
2 Settings\ <DIR> 2021-05-06 10:00 ----
3 Plugins\ <DIR> 2021-04-10 02:21 ----
4 Icons\ <DIR> 2016-05-26 01:04 ----
5 Documents\ <DIR> 2020-10-09 05:46 ----
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Total Commander\ <DIR> 2021-05-06 10:00 ----
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Downloads\ <DIR> 2018-12-14 09:07 ----
Example 2
Let's look at a different example, where I navigate into D:\Downloads, and it looks like (Screenshot 4)
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D:\Downloads\
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.. <DIR> 2021-05-07 00:11 ----
[Apps]\ <DIR> 2021-05-04 01:47 ----
7-Zip\ <DIR> 2021-05-06 00:11 ----
aria2\ <DIR> 2019-10-05 18:43 ----
Audacity\ <DIR> 2021-04-19 03:48 ----
(rest omitted)
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D:\
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$RECYCLE.BIN\ <DIR> 2021-05-07 00:11 --hs
I find my mind always spends quite a bit of time to digest the number I see in here, so my workaround is to use a custom columns view, in which the date in the first line is always empty.
Let me know what you think of this "twist". Thank you for reading this relatively long post.