I can no longer use shortcuts in moving bunches of files. Ctrl+A no
longer works for selecting all files, holding Ctrl while choosing
individual files with a mouse does not work, nor does holding shift and
using the up and down arrows for selecting adjacent files. What is wrong?
I've tried the Windows Explorer menus, but nothing seems relevant. Do I have
to go into the registry for this?

Sounds like you've got the single-select bug...

There's a flag that tells explorer to only allow one item to be selected at
a time. It's used in the display of the file open/save dialogs. Sometimes
it somehow creeps into folder views and the result is what you describe.

canned

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.


/canned


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



"Joel" wrote in message
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I can no longer use shortcuts in moving bunches of files. Ctrl+A no
longer works for selecting all files, holding Ctrl while choosing
individual files with a mouse does not work, nor does holding shift and
using the up and down arrows for selecting adjacent files. What is wrong?
I've tried the Windows Explorer menus, but nothing seems relevant. Do I
have
to go into the registry for this?

Thanks. It was so frustrating living with this!

Joel

"Keith Miller (MVP)" wrote:

Sounds like you've got the single-select bug...

There's a flag that tells explorer to only allow one item to be selected at
a time. It's used in the display of the file open/save dialogs. Sometimes
it somehow creeps into folder views and the result is what you describe.

canned

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.


/canned


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



"Joel" wrote in message
...
I can no longer use shortcuts in moving bunches of files. Ctrl+A no
longer works for selecting all files, holding Ctrl while choosing
individual files with a mouse does not work, nor does holding shift and
using the up and down arrows for selecting adjacent files. What is wrong?
I've tried the Windows Explorer menus, but nothing seems relevant. Do I
have
to go into the registry for this?

You're welcome.

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



"Joel" wrote in message
...
Thanks. It was so frustrating living with this!

Joel

"Keith Miller (MVP)" wrote:

Sounds like you've got the single-select bug...

There's a flag that tells explorer to only allow one item to be selected
at
a time. It's used in the display of the file open/save dialogs.
Sometimes
it somehow creeps into folder views and the result is what you describe.

canned

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.


/canned


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]



"Joel" wrote in message
...
I can no longer use shortcuts in moving bunches of files. Ctrl+A no
longer works for selecting all files, holding Ctrl while choosing
individual files with a mouse does not work, nor does holding shift
and
using the up and down arrows for selecting adjacent files. What is
wrong?
I've tried the Windows Explorer menus, but nothing seems relevant. Do I
have
to go into the registry for this?