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Thread #78328   Message #1424854
Posted By: JohnInKansas
02-Mar-05 - 08:22 AM
Thread Name: Tech: lost hard drive ?
Subject: RE: Tech: lost hard drive ?
SRS -

I haven't noticed a problem with right-clicking in WinExplorer. There is a "general" setup that allows you to single-click to open, and that setting could have a real effect on Explorer. I don't use it, since it interferes with being able to edit filenames just by clicking on them in Explorer. In Explorer, Tools, Folder Options, General Tab, select either "open on single click" or "click to select, double-click to open."

If you turn off the "open on single click," you can click on a file to select it, click (left) again on the filename to open the filename for editing, change the filename, click anywhere else or hit enter to close the edit. (This may still work in Explorer with the single-click setting, but I haven't tried it.)

I don't know if it still works with single-click opening set, but I use the method for "Save As" a lot in several programs. If you click on the last file you saved (while the filename box is selected), that name is copied into the save-as filename box. Click the box again to reselect and open the name for edit, click once more to set the cursor location in the name, change the last digit to the next number, and enter. Gives you an ordered set of files without having to type the whole name for each one. It works great when I've scanned 50 or so unnamed files into my Twain and need to rename them all as I save. And I believe it's actually Explorer that displays the names in the "Save" or "Save As" boxes in most Win programs.

Even if you have the "single click to open" set up, a failure of Explorer to distinguish left click and right click - could be what's happening? - might suggest a mouse driver that needs an update to WinXP SR2 compatible? A lot of "WinXP compatible" drivers may need a tweak to be "WinXP SR2 compatible."

John