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04-16-2008
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| | Desktop toolbar stops working I got used to navigating to folders with the "Desktop" toolbar in the taskbar. Like Quick Launch for folders. Triple-clicking on a folder displayed there then opens an Explorer window. With Vista this works right after logging in but usually within an hour or so it stops. Clicking on the chevrons opens a list of items but clicking on one of them closes the display. When this has happened Quick Launch stops working as well - clicking on anything there is just ignored. This also affects some Start button items - to log off it is necessary to use the keyboard to select Log off because clicking on it is ignored. There is no error message or anythng else that seems to trigger it. I haven't seen any descriptions of this but I was hoping SP1 would fix it. It didn't. This is Vista Ultimate 32-bit on a Quad core processor. -- Paul Crowley InfinaDyne |
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04-16-2008
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| | Re: Desktop toolbar stops working You should be able to fix a lot of taskbar problems by turning off the Aero theme, and restarting to turn it back on. -- Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web interface. http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...eAPostAsAnswer Mark L. Ferguson .. "Paul Crowley" <PaulCrowley@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:7E521151-CF17-4793-BA01-FBCD0CA09DC8@xxxxxx Quote: > I got used to navigating to folders with the "Desktop" toolbar in the > taskbar. Like Quick Launch for folders. Triple-clicking on a folder > displayed there then opens an Explorer window. > > With Vista this works right after logging in but usually within an hour or > so it stops. Clicking on the chevrons opens a list of items but clicking > on > one of them closes the display. When this has happened Quick Launch stops > working as well - clicking on anything there is just ignored. This also > affects some Start button items - to log off it is necessary to use the > keyboard to select Log off because clicking on it is ignored. > > There is no error message or anythng else that seems to trigger it. I > haven't seen any descriptions of this but I was hoping SP1 would fix it. > It > didn't. This is Vista Ultimate 32-bit on a Quad core processor. > -- > Paul Crowley > InfinaDyne |
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04-16-2008
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| | Re: Desktop toolbar stops working Logging off and back on fixes this every time. For a while. -- Paul Crowley InfinaDyne (forensic software) "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote: Quote: > You should be able to fix a lot of taskbar problems by turning off the Aero > theme, and restarting to turn it back on. > > -- > Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web > interface. > http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...eAPostAsAnswer > Mark L. Ferguson > . > > "Paul Crowley" <PaulCrowley@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:7E521151-CF17-4793-BA01-FBCD0CA09DC8@xxxxxx Quote: > > I got used to navigating to folders with the "Desktop" toolbar in the > > taskbar. Like Quick Launch for folders. Triple-clicking on a folder > > displayed there then opens an Explorer window. > > > > With Vista this works right after logging in but usually within an hour or > > so it stops. Clicking on the chevrons opens a list of items but clicking > > on > > one of them closes the display. When this has happened Quick Launch stops > > working as well - clicking on anything there is just ignored. This also > > affects some Start button items - to log off it is necessary to use the > > keyboard to select Log off because clicking on it is ignored. > > > > There is no error message or anythng else that seems to trigger it. I > > haven't seen any descriptions of this but I was hoping SP1 would fix it. > > It > > didn't. This is Vista Ultimate 32-bit on a Quad core processor. > > -- > > Paul Crowley > > InfinaDyne |
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