Jupyter lab file browser icon in the upper left is missing

How do I get it back?
I tried going into setting and resetting the the file browser to defaults. Still nothing.
I tried exiting and restarting jupyter lab. I tried restarting my computer. Still nothing.
I tried looking at jupyter lab --show-config but that doesn’t show anything about the file browser.
Do I need to re-install jupyter-lab.
This is a serious bug.

I know it isn’t quite the same issue; however, I’d suggest trying some of the things suggested initially when looking into this issue.
Also, are you able to see the file browser if you select from the main menubar View > Show Left Sidebar?

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Under view->show left side bar I can get a colum that says modified. I can see the File Browser icon there but this only lets me change settings. WAIT!!! I JUST FOUND IT. It had moved to the right hand side! I just clicked on the icon and there is an option “Switch SIdebar Side”.
It was hidding!!!
Some how some of my icons had move to the right side. Now I moved them all back to the left side.
Thanks for getting me to look at this

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