Vista - Problem with single-click and "Save As" dialog

I have recently moved from Windows 2K and XP to Vista Business.

I am using the folder option which sets "Single-click to open" on files and
folders. As a side-effect, this also enables "Point to select" on files and
folders, meaning than when you hover over a file or folder, then after about
half a second the item is selected.

With this option set in W2K (and I am pretty sure on XP too, though I cannot
check this now) the "Point to select" option is suppressed in File > Save As
dialog boxes. But in Vista it still happens, with the result that when you
open a "Save As" box and inadvertently hover over a file for a moment, the
file becomes selected and the name replaces the name in the "File name" box
below. This can be particularly unexpected when you drill down to another
folder and the pointer ends up being over some random file in the new folder.

I find this very problematic, as I frequently do "Save As" to another folder
or just to change part of the file name (e.g. to change a version number in
the document name).

Does anyone know of a way to suppress "point to select" for the "Save As"
box, while keeping it for normal desktop/explorer activity.

Thanks for your help.

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John

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John


"Andy C.(never #)" wrote:

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I just tried it out again on my W2003 server and in a normal explorer window
the file is selected after around 1/2 second or so of hovering. In Word 2003,
in a File>Save As... dialog box, hovering over the file does not select the
file and it does not change the File name being saved.

Using Word 2003, under Vista File > Save As... the file is selected after
hovering and the File name changes.

John

JBRC

Your correct, this is not the way this worked in XP, I just tried it on an
XP system.

I'm not sure why this was changed, but I'll see if I can find more
information.

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"JBRC" <JBRC@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Ronnie - I would be interested to know why it was changed.
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John

JBRC

Me too! I have no idea why they would change this function?

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Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User


"JBRC" <JBRC@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have been back on the W2003 server via RDC from the Vista machine, and the
behaviour is the same on both machines as Andy C said, but:

- When the Save As dialog first opens, the focus is set on the File Name
box, the file list is not activated, and hovering over a file name does not
selected the file and the File Name box does not change.

- If the focus is shifted from the File Name box then it seems the file list
is activated and hovering selects the file and changes the File Name.

So I think the difference I have noticed is because Vista is on a fast
laptop, so when i used the touch-pad to move down the file list, I
inadvertently shift the focus from the File Name to the file list and
activate it. Whereas on the other older server machine I am using a
mouse/keyboard so this does not happen.

Thanks for all your help - and thanks Andy C you spotted that it was
probably to do with me rather than Wndows/Office - but sorry to have wasted
everyone's time.

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John


"JBRC" wrote: