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FIX: The item may not be selected when you use the windowless SELECT control to create a list in Internet Explorer 7

Article ID: 936953

Article Last Modified on 8/29/2007

APPLIES TO

Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Server 2003
Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP

Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry

SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario. You use the windowless SELECT control to create a list in Windows Internet Explorer 7. You use the mouse to open the list, and then you use the keyboard to select an item in the list. In this scenario, the item may not be selected.

Notes

This problem does not occur if you use the windowed SELECT control by changing the registry key.
This problem does not occur if you do not use the mouse to open the list or to close the list.

RESOLUTION

Security update information

To resolve this problem, install the most current cumulative security update for Internet Explorer. To install the most current updates, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

For more technical information about the most current cumulative security update for Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.aspx

Note This fix was first included in security update 937143 (MS07-045). For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

937143 MS07-045: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer

Hotfix information

Prerequisites

No prerequisites are required.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003, x86-based versions

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform
Mshtml.dll	7.0.6000.20593	3,584,000	09-May-2007	23:09	x86

Microsoft Windows XP, x86-based versions

File name	File version	File size	Date	Time	Platform
Mshtml.dll	7.0.6000.20593	3,584,000	09-May-2007	15:53	x86

Registry information

Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

After you apply this hotfix, you must enable this hotfix. To do this, follow these steps:

Exit Internet Explorer 7.
Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
Locate the following registry subkey, and then click the following registry subkey:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl
On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click Key.
Type FEATURE_COMBO_SUBMIT_ONCLOSE_KB936953, and then press ENTER.
Click FEATURE_COMBO_SUBMIT_ONCLOSE_KB936953.
On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
Type Iexplore.exe, and then press ENTER.
Right-click Iexplore.exe, and then click Modify.
In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
Exit Registry Editor.

WORKAROUND

Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

To work around this problem, use the windowed SELECT control. To do this, follow these steps:

Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
Locate the following registry subkey, and then click the following registry subkey:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_USE_WINDOWEDSELECTCONTROL

Note If you cannot locate the FEATURE_USE_WINDOWEDSELECTCONTROL key, create the FEATURE_USE_WINDOWEDSELECTCONTROL key under the FeatureControl key.
On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
Type Iexplore.exe, and then press ENTER.
Right-click Iexplore.exe, and then click Modify.
In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
Exit Registry Editor.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the windowed SELECT control and about the windowless SELECT control in Internet Explorer 7, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

927377 Information about the Windowed SELECT control and about the Windowless SELECT control in Internet Explorer 7

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Steps to reproduce the problem

To open the list, use the mouse to click the arrow.
To select an item in the list, use the keyboard.
To close the list, use the mouse to click the arrow.

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