Minor XP annoyance

[Homer J. Simpson]

I've noticed this new annoyance in Explorer, which seems to have started a
few weeks ago. I don't get it *all* the time, but suffice it to say it's
getting on my nerves.

You know how you typically click on a file in details view, scroll down with
the mouse's scrollwheel, and shift-click on another file to select all those
files between the first and last items clicked?

Nowadays, the instant I hit the Shift key (before I have a chance to click
the left mouse button on the second item), the details view repositions
itself (vertically) so the first item that was selected scrolls back in
view. Meaning, I have to scroll back down a second time where I was, and
hit the Shift key again to select the item I was about to click. The second
time around that I hit the Shift key, the list doesn't scroll (as it
should). Hitting the Shift key repeatedly after that doesn't make it scroll
again either--only the first time.

I can't remember exactly how long I've had that, but it's been there since
before this month's Patch Tuesday...I suspect it *might* have been
introduced in last month's. I only have one machine running XP x64, and I
haven't seen this behavior on the x86 version.

Anyone else seeing this?

 

[Tony Sperling]

Re: Minor XP annoyance

It's almost hard to imagine it could be anything else than a sticky key
phenomenon, or possibly a mangled cable???


Tony. . .


"Homer J. Simpson" <root@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:eTTnz46yHHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> I've noticed this new annoyance in Explorer, which seems to have started a
> few weeks ago. I don't get it *all* the time, but suffice it to say it's
> getting on my nerves.
>
> You know how you typically click on a file in details view, scroll down
with
> the mouse's scrollwheel, and shift-click on another file to select all
those
> files between the first and last items clicked?
>
> Nowadays, the instant I hit the Shift key (before I have a chance to click
> the left mouse button on the second item), the details view repositions
> itself (vertically) so the first item that was selected scrolls back in
> view. Meaning, I have to scroll back down a second time where I was, and
> hit the Shift key again to select the item I was about to click. The
second
> time around that I hit the Shift key, the list doesn't scroll (as it
> should). Hitting the Shift key repeatedly after that doesn't make it
scroll
> again either--only the first time.
>
> I can't remember exactly how long I've had that, but it's been there since
> before this month's Patch Tuesday...I suspect it *might* have been
> introduced in last month's. I only have one machine running XP x64, and I
> haven't seen this behavior on the x86 version.
>
> Anyone else seeing this?
>
>

 

[Thany]

Re: Minor XP annoyance

Homer J. Simpson wrote:
> I've noticed this new annoyance in Explorer, which seems to have started a
> few weeks ago. I don't get it *all* the time, but suffice it to say it's
> getting on my nerves.
>
> You know how you typically click on a file in details view, scroll down with
> the mouse's scrollwheel, and shift-click on another file to select all those
> files between the first and last items clicked?
>
> Nowadays, the instant I hit the Shift key (before I have a chance to click
> the left mouse button on the second item), the details view repositions
> itself (vertically) so the first item that was selected scrolls back in
> view. Meaning, I have to scroll back down a second time where I was, and
> hit the Shift key again to select the item I was about to click. The second
> time around that I hit the Shift key, the list doesn't scroll (as it
> should). Hitting the Shift key repeatedly after that doesn't make it scroll
> again either--only the first time.
>
> I can't remember exactly how long I've had that, but it's been there since
> before this month's Patch Tuesday...I suspect it *might* have been
> introduced in last month's. I only have one machine running XP x64, and I
> haven't seen this behavior on the x86 version.
>
> Anyone else seeing this?
>
>

I've always had this effect. I know no better than that it has always
existed in the form of a "feature", rather than a bug.

IMO, this is in fact a bug, but Microsoft isn't willing to fix it. Or so it
seems.

--
Martijn Saly

 

[Homer J. Simpson]

Re: Minor XP annoyance

> I've always had this effect. I know no better than that it has always
> existed in the form of a "feature", rather than a bug.
>
> IMO, this is in fact a bug, but Microsoft isn't willing to fix it. Or so
> it seems.

*Definitely* not an "always been this way" thing on my end, and I've been
using XP x64 since shortly after the RTM release in 05.

 

[Homer J. Simpson]

Re: Minor XP annoyance

> It's almost hard to imagine it could be anything else than a sticky key
> phenomenon, or possibly a mangled cable???

If this was some sort of hardware failure, I'd think I would see it in more
than just Explorer...