Explorer moves "back" on its own!

[Miriam]

I don't think I have a physical "back" button on my
keyboard - I meant the back icon on the taskbar, sorry if
my terminology is confusing! Also the keyboard is new so
I doubt dirt is the problem (though you can never be
sure).

Miriam


>-----Original Message-----
>Is there a chance that your back button could be dirty
>under the tab, sometimes my enter does the same (
dirty
>under the button) got to clean it some day
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Explorer's "back" button seems to be able to be
>activated
>>without my doing anything; when I am online, without
>>warning, my browser will sometimes simply load the
>>previous page. (If I hit "forward" then, I can get back
>>to where I was.) I've looked through all the various
>>setting options I could find and I really don't know
why
>>it's doing this. I don't have this kind of problem in
>any
>>other application, so it isn't a mouse problem. It
>>happens when I'm using the mouse but not clicking; I
>>don't think I'm hitting any keys. I haven't been able
to
>>reproduce this on purpose yet.
>>
>>I'm not sure if this is a Win XP problem or an Explorer
>>problem, as I just got them both and they're so
>>interlinked, so apologies - and please let me know - if
>>this question is in the wrong place.
>>
>>This never happened with my previous version in Win 98,
>>and it's driving me crazy.
>>
>>Miriam
>>.
>>
>.
>

[Jamie Jamison]

Miriam,

The backspace key can cause this behavior depending on what you have
selected. If you are Windows Explorer, the backspace key takes you back
while the delete key deletes the current file. Hope that helps.

Jamie Jamison

"Miriam" > wrote in message
...
> I don't think I have a physical "back" button on my
> keyboard - I meant the back icon on the taskbar, sorry if
> my terminology is confusing! Also the keyboard is new so
> I doubt dirt is the problem (though you can never be
> sure).
>
> Miriam
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Is there a chance that your back button could be dirty
> >under the tab, sometimes my enter does the same (
> dirty
> >under the button) got to clean it some day
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>Explorer's "back" button seems to be able to be
> >activated
> >>without my doing anything; when I am online, without
> >>warning, my browser will sometimes simply load the
> >>previous page. (If I hit "forward" then, I can get back
> >>to where I was.) I've looked through all the various
> >>setting options I could find and I really don't know
> why
> >>it's doing this. I don't have this kind of problem in
> >any
> >>other application, so it isn't a mouse problem. It
> >>happens when I'm using the mouse but not clicking; I
> >>don't think I'm hitting any keys. I haven't been able
> to
> >>reproduce this on purpose yet.
> >>
> >>I'm not sure if this is a Win XP problem or an Explorer
> >>problem, as I just got them both and they're so
> >>interlinked, so apologies - and please let me know - if
> >>this question is in the wrong place.
> >>
> >>This never happened with my previous version in Win 98,
> >>and it's driving me crazy.
> >>
> >>Miriam
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >