Clicking Details Does Not Select Files or Folders

• Microsoft Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows 98
• Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

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          : kbtool win95 win98 winnt 
Version           : 95 4.00
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo 

Last Reviewed: January 13, 1999