Re: Left-Clicking Misbehavior

Thanks for the keyboarding tips, Olorin. My ALT key is fine (I keep food away
from my keyboard), as far as I know. Happens with all icons but only once
every couple of months or so. At any rate, I'm replacing both my mouse &
keyboard (both are three years old) in May.
A belated additional response to Gerry: OS decay is a normal phenomenon that
occurs to EVERYONE's computer, even if your only changes are via MS Update.
To the gullible consumer, it eventually begins to feel as though one's
computer is "getting old & archaic," the next step being to purchase a new
system. Of course, if you don't know how to wipe & reinstall everything AND
if you're not legal on all your software, then you're paying big bucks to
someone else to do it all for you, making the decision to replace the system
more appealing. Better to pay a few dollars & take an A+ class at your local
community college.
--
Joe Davis


"Olórin" wrote:


"Joe" <Joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for all the comments & continuing discussion; this is how we learn!

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3. Olorin: As far as my knowledge goes, the only common ground between my
mouse & keyboard is the USB circuitry on my motherboard. I have no issues
with my keyboard, but please enlighten me if you know of a connection
between
the two.
--
Joe Davis


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Once in a while a strange phenomenon happens when I left-click (Folder
Options configured for single-click to open) an icon on my desktop: I
get
the
icon's properties dialog box! When this happens, it's global, meaning
that
the same behavior occurs regardless of which icon I left-click on. If I
log
off & relog on, everything's back to normal. I have NIS 2007 installed
& a
tight security set-up, so I'm fairly certain that it's not Sub Seven or
the
likes. I've seen this problem several times over the past few years &
wiping
the HD & reinstalling eveything makes no difference. My OS (WXP
Professional), however, has been the same one. Note that I do not use
mouse
software; rather, I rely on WXP's mouse driver. Anyone have any ideas?
--
Joe Davis

This could be symptomatic of a stuck/faulty ALT key. ALT+Enter -->
properties.

Are you experiencing anything else that could indicate this? - eg just
pressing Tab switches app, where it would normally take Alt+Tab.




Joe -

With a file selected (on the desktop, in Windows Explorer, etc), holding
down ALT and pressing Enter will display its properties, the same as
right-clicking and choosing Properties from the drop-down menu. The same can
be achieved by holding ALT and double-left-clicking or, in the case of your
single-click-to-open configuration, single-left-clicking. So a problem with
the ALT key could manifest itself in the way you've described. Eg: if it's
got stuck down with a biscuit crumb, your single-clicking an icon would fire
up its properties tab instead of running/opening it.

That said, you would have probably noticed other odd behaviour by now if
that were the case.

Does it just happen with *desktop* icons, or does the same hold for others?



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