Long click (left click and hold) opens files

[stduc]

It all started when I tried to drag a file using explorer to email it - the file opened!
A little investigation and turning the sound up showed that on initial left click - there was a click sound - as expected. However if I held the mouse button down about 1/2 a second later there was another click sound and the file opened.
I tried a re-boot. No joy.
I tried setting options to single click open & back again - no joy.
I ran reg mechanic & let it do it's thing - and the problem was fixed.
Which is nice - but has anyone else experienced this strange phenomenon? Without Reg Mechanic I would have been stumped.

[navy]When I married "Miss Right" I didn't realise her first name was 'always'. LOL[/navy]

 

[linney]

Does Registry Mechanic give you any idea of what setting it fixed for this?

Not something I have come across, maybe you just have a slightly weird computer?

 

[stduc]

It came up with a list of 120 problems fixed - but life's to short LOL.


[navy]When I married "Miss Right" I didn't realise her first name was 'always'. LOL[/navy]

 

[stduc]

I spoke to soon. The misbehavior has returned. But not as badly as before.

So far, in an effort to pin it down I have .....

Swapped the buttons, so that the right button is used to 'left click'. Phenomenon followed the swap.

Run reg mechanic - nothing found.

Removed (de-installed) the drivers so that the drivers reverted to microsoft. That achieved nothing.

Updated the drivers to Logitechs latest & presumably greatest - no change.

Run umpteen virus and spyware software - machine is clean.

It is not consistent now, which is even more annoying.

Hardware:

Noname PC, XP Pro, Logitech 3000 laser keyboard & mouse.

[navy]When I married "Miss Right" I didn't realise her first name was 'always'. LOL[/navy]

 

[electronicsfreak]

Have you turned this "sound" off? Also what sound is being played?

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[electronicsfreak]

oh another thing, have you tried another mouse?

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[stduc]

Have you turned this "sound" off? Also what sound is being played?

Good point. The sound is 'select' and set to mpspeak_received.wav

That gives you a 'dink' sound.

oh another thing, have you tried another mouse?

Another good point. Not yet - I guess it's worth a try, but it has the 'feel' of something corrupt about it.

So another thing I will try when I can find the energy is set up another profile.

[navy]When I married "Miss Right" I didn't realise her first name was 'always'. LOL[/navy]

 

[MonkeyX]

Also you might check the Accessibility options. If I recall correctly there was at one time a feature that acts like what you were describing. It worked sort of like the "sticky" button option for the keyboard. I could be wrong as it has been a while since I have done anything with the accessibility options. I would check it out but I am not near anything running Windows at this time.

 

[stduc]

Thanks for the suggestions guys.
To be brief.
It's not accessibility options. None are turned on.
It's not the sound.
It's not the mouse or keyboard - I swapped them out & back.
Now - here's the weird part & what I suspect.

With the normal keyboard & mouse with drivers re-installed I fired up a virtual machine running XP Pro. That exhibited the problem. As an experiment I adjusted the double click speed within the VM - it fixed the problem. But really strangely it fixed the problem in the real PC as well - for a while!

It came back later after using VLC media player. But then went away again.

In conclusion.

I suspect my profile may be corrupt. I will create a new one and see if that fixes it.
I suspect that the latest VLC media player may have some bearing on the problem.
I can 'fix' the problem at any time by adjusting the double click speed.
Weird or what?

I'll post back if ever I come to a firm and final conclusion.

[navy]When I married "Miss Right" I didn't realise her first name was 'always'. LOL[/navy]

 

[electronicsfreak]

Gotta love it when computers give you the run arounds like this. Been there before, really annoying.

There is a point in wisdom and knowledge that when you reach it, you exceed what is considered possible - Jason Schoon

 

[lhuegele]

Change the double-click speed in control pannel for your mouse to see if that helps.

 

[stduc]

[navy]lhuegele (IS/IT--Management) 8 Aug 07 16:45[/navy]
Change the double-click speed in control pannel for your mouse to see if that helps.

I already mentioned that that works - for a while.

I tried a new profile - no issues - until I started VLC media player.

The double click on long single click only effects windows explorer. Selecting text in a word document - say - is unaffected.

I am now 95% certain that VLC player is to blame. But I can live with it until the next version comes out - fingers crossed.

[navy]When I married "Miss Right" I didn't realise her first name was 'always'. LOL[/navy]

 

[stduc]

A few re-boots and a windows update later & the issue has completely gone away (for now).

Strange!

[navy]When I married "Miss Right" I didn't realise her first name was 'always'. LOL[/navy]