I have two problems. The important one is that in some desktop folders I can
only select files one at a time, but in others I can select a bunch at a
time in the standard way. I've looked at all the tabs in the Options
sections, and everything seems o be the same in both folders.

The unimportant problem is that on the desktop itself, when I select one
file then another in a different column, instead of selecting all the files
between them by column, the choice is by row. Yet new items are added by
column, which seems to be a contradiction. Why don't both systems operate
the same way?

Anyway, how do I get the selection to go by column?

Thanks for your help.

Josh

"Josh Reece" wrote in message
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I have two problems. The important one is that in some desktop folders I
can only select files one at a time, but in others I can select a bunch at
a time in the standard way. I've looked at all the tabs in the Options
sections, and everything seems o be the same in both folders.

The unimportant problem is that on the desktop itself, when I select one
file then another in a different column, instead of selecting all the
files between them by column, the choice is by row. Yet new items are
added by column, which seems to be a contradiction. Why don't both systems
operate the same way?

Anyway, how do I get the selection to go by column?

Thanks for your help.

Josh


I've just realized that if I right-click on a file in the folders and pick
Properties, there are 4 tabs in the folder which lets me select multiple
files, but only 3 in the other. The missing tab is Custom. How do I bring up
this option?

"Josh Reece" wrote in message
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"Josh Reece" wrote in message
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I have two problems. The important one is that in some desktop folders I
can only select files one at a time, but in others I can select a bunch at
a time in the standard way. I've looked at all the tabs in the Options
sections, and everything seems o be the same in both folders.

The unimportant problem is that on the desktop itself, when I select one
file then another in a different column, instead of selecting all the
files between them by column, the choice is by row. Yet new items are
added by column, which seems to be a contradiction. Why don't both
systems operate the same way?

Anyway, how do I get the selection to go by column?

Thanks for your help.

Josh


I've just realized that if I right-click on a file in the folders and pick
Properties, there are 4 tabs in the folder which lets me select multiple
files, but only 3 in the other. The missing tab is Custom. How do I bring
up this option?


This was a red herring, I'm afraid. Sorry to have jumped to conclusions. The
Custom tab comes up with certain types of file.

Josh

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"Josh Reece" wrote in message
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"Josh Reece" wrote in message
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I have two problems. The important one is that in some desktop folders I
can only select files one at a time, but in others I can select a bunch
at a time in the standard way. I've looked at all the tabs in the Options
sections, and everything seems o be the same in both folders.

The unimportant problem is that on the desktop itself, when I select one
file then another in a different column, instead of selecting all the
files between them by column, the choice is by row. Yet new items are
added by column, which seems to be a contradiction. Why don't both
systems operate the same way?

Anyway, how do I get the selection to go by column?

Thanks for your help.

Josh


I've just realized that if I right-click on a file in the folders and
pick Properties, there are 4 tabs in the folder which lets me select
multiple files, but only 3 in the other. The missing tab is Custom. How
do I bring up this option?


This was a red herring, I'm afraid. Sorry to have jumped to conclusions.
The Custom tab comes up with certain types of file.

Josh

The folders which let me select multiple files have a little box on the left
of the "Names" bar at the top of the names column. The other folders don't.
So far, I can't see how to bring this up.

Does anyone know the secret?

Josh