Vista Tutorial - Cannot select multiple files in some folders.

04-23-2008

I have Vista Home Premium and recently it has developed a problem where in
some of my folders I cannot select multiple files i.e. When I try to import
pictures using windows explorer from my camera, I have to drag and drop them
one at a time, no holding ctrl or shift or even ctrl+a to select multiple,
only one at a time. It's not only my pictures or my camera folder either,
there have been several affected by this problem. Does anyone know what this
is?

04-23-2008

nibdog wrote:

Quote:

> I have Vista Home Premium and recently it has developed a problem where in
> some of my folders I cannot select multiple files i.e. When I try to
> import pictures using windows explorer from my camera, I have to drag and
> drop them one at a time, no holding ctrl or shift or even ctrl+a to select
> multiple,
> only one at a time. It's not only my pictures or my camera folder either,
> there have been several affected by this problem. Does anyone know what
> this is?

From MVP Keith Miller:

"It's a quirk of Explorer that's been showing up on some people's machines.
No known cause yet, but it gets saved with folder views once it happens.
I've written a script that helps MOST people with the multi-select problem.
It will remove single-select from saved folder views & saved defaults.
Right-click the link below & select 'Save Target As..." -
http://mysite.verizon.net/res18hr7/FixSingleSelect.zip

Then extract the contents of the .zip file & run the script."

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

04-23-2008	#1 (permalink)
nibdog Guest n/a posts	Cannot select multiple files in some folders. I have Vista Home Premium and recently it has developed a problem where in some of my folders I cannot select multiple files i.e. When I try to import pictures using windows explorer from my camera, I have to drag and drop them one at a time, no holding ctrl or shift or even ctrl+a to select multiple, only one at a time. It's not only my pictures or my camera folder either, there have been several affected by this problem. Does anyone know what this is?
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04-23-2008	#2 (permalink)
Malke Guest n/a posts	Re: Cannot select multiple files in some folders. nibdog wrote: Quote: > I have Vista Home Premium and recently it has developed a problem where in > some of my folders I cannot select multiple files i.e. When I try to > import pictures using windows explorer from my camera, I have to drag and > drop them one at a time, no holding ctrl or shift or even ctrl+a to select > multiple, > only one at a time. It's not only my pictures or my camera folder either, > there have been several affected by this problem. Does anyone know what > this is? From MVP Keith Miller: "It's a quirk of Explorer that's been showing up on some people's machines. No known cause yet, but it gets saved with folder views once it happens. I've written a script that helps MOST people with the multi-select problem. It will remove single-select from saved folder views & saved defaults. Right-click the link below & select 'Save Target As..." - http://mysite.verizon.net/res18hr7/FixSingleSelect.zip Then extract the contents of the .zip file & run the script." Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic!
My System Specs

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