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From: Eddie on 27 Jul 2010 20:02 Hi all,, XP Pro For some reason I can only open items via Right-Click and 'Open' from context menu,, it doesnt matter if its a Folder or .exe or anything. Anyone know where the setting is to allow me to open things with a simple double-click? I have checked > Tools-Options in Explorer and the setting there is for a double-click to open things. Perhaps there is another I dont know about. Said computer is not on the net and hasnt been for years, so I dont believe its malaware etc. Thanks Ed
From: MowGreen on 28 Jul 2010 11:20 Eddie wrote: > Hi all,, > > XP Pro > > For some reason I can only open items via Right-Click and 'Open' from > context menu,, it doesnt matter if its a Folder or .exe or anything. > > Anyone know where the setting is to allow me to open things with a > simple double-click? I have checked > Tools-Options in Explorer and the > setting there is for a double-click to open things. Perhaps there is > another I dont know about. > > Said computer is not on the net and hasnt been for years, so I dont > believe its malaware etc. > > Thanks > > Ed Ed, Follow the steps laid out for Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition in this KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837334 And, even though the computer hasn't been on the net for awhile, there is *no* guarantee that malware is not resident. Suggest you also download, save, install, update, and then scan the system with Malwarebytes Anti-malware: http://www.malwarebytes.org/ Click the Download free version button. Malwarebytes� Anti-Malware tutorial http://forum.avira.com/wbb/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=86035 MowGreen ================ *-343-* FDNY Never Forgotten ================ banthecheck.com "Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked
From: Unknown on 28 Jul 2010 11:28 Have you checked your mouse settings? Click speed? "Eddie" <albert(a)greenacres.far> wrote in message news:%239bFPgeLLHA.4184(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hi all,, > > XP Pro > > For some reason I can only open items via Right-Click and 'Open' from > context menu,, it doesnt matter if its a Folder or .exe or anything. > > Anyone know where the setting is to allow me to open things with a simple > double-click? I have checked > Tools-Options in Explorer and the setting > there is for a double-click to open things. Perhaps there is another I > dont know about. > > Said computer is not on the net and hasnt been for years, so I dont > believe its malaware etc. > > Thanks > > Ed
From: kraut on 28 Jul 2010 11:30 > Hi all,, > > XP Pro > > For some reason I can only open items via Right-Click and 'Open' from > context menu,, it doesnt matter if its a Folder or .exe or anything. > > Anyone know where the setting is to allow me to open things with a > simple double-click? I have checked > Tools-Options in Explorer and the > setting there is for a double-click to open things. Perhaps there is > another I dont know about. > > Said computer is not on the net and hasnt been for years, so I dont > believe its malaware etc. > > Thanks > > Ed Bad mouse / mouse button??
From: Eddie on 29 Jul 2010 07:06
Unknown wrote: > Have you checked your mouse settings? Click speed? Great. that did the trick. I backed it off a little and now it works. Have another question but for sake of group will start a new thread. Thanks Ed |