Microsoft KB Archive/119460

= Clicking Details Does Not Select Files or Folders =

Article ID: 119460

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q119460



SUMMARY
To select a file or folder in Windows Explorer or My Computer, you must click the filename or folder itself, not the details that appear to the right of the filename or folder.



MORE INFORMATION
In File Manager, you can click any part of the line displaying a file's details to select that file. In Windows Explorer and My Computer, you must click the filename or folder name to select the corresponding file or folder. Clicking the details does not select the file.

Windows Explorer and My Computer are designed to function this way because they allow you to select multiple files or folders by using the mouse to draw a rectangle around filenames or folders. If you were able to choose files or folders by clicking the details in Windows Explorer or My Computer, this "lasso" effect would not work.

Additional query words: WINSHELL view choose highlight

Keywords: kbinfo KB119460

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