OK, I did test it--with Word. SHIFT commands work correctly; so do CTRL
commands; all the time.

John


"Malke" wrote in message
...
John wrote:

What would a different keyboard do? I'm not having any other problems
with
the keyboard. I've used this for years and it did the Select Multiple
Files on the previous OS with this keyboard and it worked perfectly.

Because keyboards don't last forever and your Shift key may be stuck or
not
working. It's an easy enough test to do and at least will rule out
hardware
issues. Since tons of other people, including me, have no problems
selecting
files in Windows 7 it the issue you are experiencing is something unique
to
your particular setup. Therefore, do the normal troubleshooting process of
elimination which in this case is to first switch out the keyboard.
Otherwise, Brink has the software end well in hand.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

"Brink" wrote in message
...

Did you extract the .reg file from the ZIP file first?

Yes, I extracted it to the Desktop. It is identified as a Regedit file.

I tried the Manual approach. The early steps found the entries in the
procedure, but some of the later ones didn't. Some of the deletions
weren't there. Also, Windows Live planted a lot of stuff in there. I
didn't want to interfere with them. Some of the entries that dealt with a
suspected Vista problem of not allowing enough space were not what was
shown, so I completely avoided that. I am guessing with the pros that this
could easily be the problem, but less easily fixed. But nothing I did fixed
the problem when I rebooted.

Where I'm at: There might be the elusive space allocation problem in Vista
that I discussed. I will upgrade to Windows 7 soon, so I'll see if it goes
away. Also, I know my Asus MB may have a bad audio chip, so I have ordered
another MB. Between these two hardware and software solutions, perhaps I
can get it to work again. It's just annoying to have to click 168 files for
deletion individually.

Of course, I just happened to think--I might be able to delete these
multiple files under DOS. It's been a while.

John





John;1159019 Wrote:
See inline comment:

"Brink" wrote in message
...

John,

As a test, reset your folder view settings using the download from
METHOD TWO in the tutorial below to see if it will work after merging
the .reg file and restarting the computer.


http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70...-settings.html


File Reset_Folder_View.reg does not offer MERGE as a right-click
option as
indicated in the tutorial, only Open, Cut, Copy, Delete, and
Properties, so
I can't do it. "Open" offers virtually all the programs I have on the
computer.

John




John;1158894 Wrote:
"Brink" wrote in message
...


This is exactly what I am doing. It is also exactly what I copied
from
Vista Help.

Random, using CTRL works great. Does just as it says.


There was no change after using this. I check the first, hold
SHIFT,
press
the last, then DELETE and it only deletes those two files.

This may help: The instruction you quoted above about the SHIFT
key
works
exactly the same way using the CTRL. Therefore, I think the answer
is
that
the SHIFT operation is really doing the CTRL operation; that is,
"random"
selection. To repeat: they both function the same way, as "random"
selects, instead of the intended "multiple" selects.


I already have the "check box" option checked.



See inline answers.

John


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"Brink" wrote in message
...

Did you extract the .reg file from the ZIP file first?

Yes, I extracted it to the Desktop. It is identified as a Regedit file.

I tried the Manual approach. The early steps found the entries in the
procedure, but some of the later ones didn't. Some of the deletions
weren't there. Also, Windows Live planted a lot of stuff in there. I
didn't want to interfere with them. Some of the entries that dealt with a
suspected Vista problem of not allowing enough space were not what was
shown, so I completely avoided that. I am guessing with the pros that this
could easily be the problem, but less easily fixed. But nothing I did fixed
the problem when I rebooted.

Where I'm at: There might be the elusive space allocation problem in Vista
that I discussed. I will upgrade to Windows 7 soon, so I'll see if it goes
away. Also, I know my Asus MB may have a bad audio chip, so I have ordered
another MB. Between these two hardware and software solutions, perhaps I
can get it to work again. It's just annoying to have to click 168 files for
deletion individually.

Of course, I just happened to think--I might be able to delete these
multiple files under DOS. It's been a while.

John





John;1159019 Wrote:
See inline comment:

"Brink" wrote in message
...

John,

As a test, reset your folder view settings using the download from
METHOD TWO in the tutorial below to see if it will work after merging
the .reg file and restarting the computer.


http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/70...-settings.html


File Reset_Folder_View.reg does not offer MERGE as a right-click
option as
indicated in the tutorial, only Open, Cut, Copy, Delete, and
Properties, so
I can't do it. "Open" offers virtually all the programs I have on the
computer.

John




John;1158894 Wrote:
"Brink" wrote in message
...


This is exactly what I am doing. It is also exactly what I copied
from
Vista Help.

Random, using CTRL works great. Does just as it says.


There was no change after using this. I check the first, hold
SHIFT,
press
the last, then DELETE and it only deletes those two files.

This may help: The instruction you quoted above about the SHIFT
key
works
exactly the same way using the CTRL. Therefore, I think the answer
is
that
the SHIFT operation is really doing the CTRL operation; that is,
"random"
selection. To repeat: they both function the same way, as "random"
selects, instead of the intended "multiple" selects.


I already have the "check box" option checked.



See inline answers.

John


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Success! I used the command prompt, since all the files I wanted deleted
had the same prefix. I still remembered some DOS from years ago.

Thanks all for your help.

John

Success! I used the command prompt, since all the files I wanted deleted
had the same prefix. I still remembered some DOS from years ago.

Thanks all for your help.

John

That's great news John. I'm happy to hear that you got them deleted now.


John;1168107 Wrote:
Success! I used the command prompt, since all the files I wanted deleted
had the same prefix. I still remembered some DOS from years ago.

Thanks all for your help.

John


--
Brink

'*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience*'
(https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511)
*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
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That's great news John. I'm happy to hear that you got them deleted now.


John;1168107 Wrote:
Success! I used the command prompt, since all the files I wanted deleted
had the same prefix. I still remembered some DOS from years ago.

Thanks all for your help.

John


--
Brink

'*MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience*'
(https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...5-AD617AF3D511)
*There are no dumb questions, just the people that do not ask
them.*
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*Please post feedback to help others.*