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Ease of Access Center access key problem
When you are in the Ease of Access Center, you are given the option to start the Magnifier, Narrator, On-Screen Keyboard or to setup high contrast. Pressing the ALT key in this window underlines the access keys for these options. If you press G for Magnifier, (more...)
Make Alt + G open the Magnifier instead of bringing up the high contrast window.
Medium
Low
Not fixed
Unknown WMC Search
To the better part of my knowledge, Windows Media Center makes no mention, but contains a baseline search function within the Music and Photos/Videos sections. If you begin to type a few letters, it will appear on the screen in large font and find what (more...)
Low
Medium
Not fixed
Unvoted submissions in past 30 days does not work
Only "All time" view on Unvoted submissions shows anything. All others show nothing (even though there are submissions). Try for example: http://www.istartedsomething.com/taskforce/index.php?view=unvoted&t=30d, (more...)
Low
Low
Fixed
Snipping Tool Maximize bug
If you take a screen shot with the snipping tool, the software shows you the screen shot you took. If you maximize the window it doesn't take the full screen as it should
Repair the maximize window feature of the Snipping Tool
Low
Low
Not fixed
Start Menu Shift+Click Broken/Quirky in Vista
In each version of Windows that feature the Start Menu allows you to click multiple Start Menu shortcuts by holding Shift as you click each link. Holding the Shift key keeps the Start Menu open and active. This behaviour either does not work for some (more...)
Restore consistent Shift+Click functionality for the Start Menu.
Medium
Low
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Disappearing Tray Icons for Network, Volume
For no apparent reason, the Notification Area/Tray icons for Network and Volume will not appear upon booting up (at least on my Dell XPS M1530 laptop w/Vista Ultimate 32-bit), and the option to display them (under Taskbar and Start Menu Properties / Notification (more...)
I can imagine no circumstance when the OS or any reasonable application would need to prevent the user from monitoring their network connection or adjusting their system volume through Notification Area/Tray icons; therefore, this problem should simply (more...)
Low
Low
Not fixed
Cannot remove network drives
I have a network drive mapped that i wish to get rid off. I right-click and select disconnect and get the message "This network connection does not exist". Explorer shows it as disconnected but does not remove it from explorer. Is this annoying (more...)
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Low
Not fixed
Non-contiguous selections do not behave as expected when items are grouped.
Windows Explorer allows you to select non-contiguous ranges as described in the image.
However, when the items are grouped instead of sorted, Ctrl+Shift+Click does not work as it should and breaks your selection (i.e. it deselects previous (more...)
Make the selection method consistent throughout the views.
Medium
Medium
Not fixed
Interface flickers when explorer.exe crashes while previewing an mp3
This problem occurred when I was previewng an mp3 and Explorer crashed. You can reproduce the error by following these steps:
- Enable the Preview Pane in Explorer.
- Select an mp3 file and play it through the Preview Pane.
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Fix the bug.
Medium
Low
Not fixed
Opening Folder Location From Windows Search Results Converts Path To Lower Case
Perform a search on your computer using the small search box within Explorer at the top right corner. From the search results, right click on any folder (NOT file) and select "Open folder location". Note that the path displayed in the breadcrumb/address (more...)
Show the path using the correct upper and lower cases when using "Open folder location".
Low
Low
Not fixed
Window System Menu does not appear on every window button when right-clicking
If you left-click on the window's icon the system menu appears which gives you options to close, maximize, restore etc. the window.
The same menu appears wherever you *right*-click on the title bar of any window.
But:
If you (more...)
Either make the menu appear when right-clicking on ANY point or button or prevent it from showing up when right-clicking the minimize button.
Low
Low
Not fixed
Auto Hidden Taskbar Flickers After Switching User Or After Remote Desktop
If I log in to my work Vista computer from home using Remote Desktop, and then when I return to work, I log in, an autohidden taskbar flickers while it attempts to "reload" all of the windows and programs. The same problem occurs if I switch (more...)
Low
Low
Not fixed
"My recent submissions" is showing "My popular submissions" Bug
"My recent submissions" is showing "My popular submissions", and never changes even when you click those 2 links back and forth.
A strange workaround to this bug is to:
1. Click your "Hi <UserName (more...)
Medium
Low
Fixed
Refresh Toolbar
You can make saved search folders toolbars like with regular folders, but there's a UI quirk:--- you have a bizarre design where the search refreshes when you click the expander, and only when you click the expander. The expander is only sometimes (more...)
The simplest solution is to add "Refresh Toolbar" to the context menu. There are other solutions too, including removing saved search toolbars altogether, or just removing the refresh of the search on clicking the expander. In any case, the (more...)
Low
Low
Not fixed