Microsoft KB Archive/934554

= The Windows Mobility Center program window unexpectedly maintains focus when you perform an action in another program =

Article ID: 934554

Article Last Modified on 4/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Windows Vista Ultimate
 * Windows Vista Enterprise
 * Windows Vista Business
 * Windows Vista Home Premium
 * Windows Vista Home Basic
 * Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition
 * Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit Edition
 * Windows Vista Business 64-bit Edition
 * Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Edition
 * Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit Edition

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SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario. You are running Windows Vista on a mobile PC. You open Windows Mobility Center, and then you perform an action in another program. However, the Windows Mobility Center program window unexpectedly maintains focus. Keyboard actions that you perform may apply to Windows Mobility Center instead of to the other program.

The following is an example of a scenario in which you experience these symptoms:
 * 1) You press the &quot;Windows logo key&quot;+X to open Windows Mobility Center.
 * 2) You click Start vistastartbutton.jpg] to open the Start menu, and then you click Start vistastartbutton.jpg] again to close it.
 * 3) You press the &quot;Windows logo key&quot;+R to open the Run dialog box.
 * 4) You type a command in the Open box, and then you press ENTER.

In this scenario, the command is not run. Instead, a tile in Windows Mobility Center opens.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, exit Windows Mobility Center, and then perform the action that you want in the other program.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about Windows Mobility Center in Windows Vista, see the Using Windows Mobility Center topic in &quot;Windows Help and Support.&quot; To view this information online, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/b09c69fb-c6c8-44cf-9e8d-c990fd1a13141033.mspx

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