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| | Selecting multiple files/folders Vista doesnt seem to allow me to select multiple files or folders by holding ctrl or shift key. Other versions do. there are even times where the "Select ALL" choice is not an option. can anyone tell me how to fix??? |
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| | Re: Selecting multiple files/folders spike96 wrote: > Vista doesnt seem to allow me to select multiple files or folders by holding > ctrl or shift key. Other versions do. there are even times where the > "Select ALL" choice is not an option. can anyone tell me how to fix??? 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 -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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| | Re: Selecting multiple files/folders Thanks Malke. This worked and is greatly appreciated!! Damn Vista. Cant believe they havent sent out an update to fix this. "Malke" wrote: > spike96 wrote: > > Vista doesnt seem to allow me to select multiple files or folders by holding > > ctrl or shift key. Other versions do. there are even times where the > > "Select ALL" choice is not an option. can anyone tell me how to fix??? > > 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 > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User > |
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| | Re: Selecting multiple files/folders Am i the only one this didnt work for? after following all instructions i keep getting the same error message, access denied line 28 character 1. Plz help "Malke" wrote: Quote: > spike96 wrote: Quote: > > Vista doesnt seem to allow me to select multiple files or folders by holding > > ctrl or shift key. Other versions do. there are even times where the > > "Select ALL" choice is not an option. can anyone tell me how to fix??? > 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 > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User > |
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