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May 29th 18, 04:09 PM
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Dead Icons
Sony laptop: Sometimes the desktop icons won't respond to the curser.
Luckily the task bar icons still work so I can restart and then all is OK for a while. Any suggestions? Thanks, wrenden 
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May 29th 18, 06:20 PM
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On 05/29/2018 11:09 AM, wrenden wrote:
Sony laptop: Sometimes the desktop icons won't respond to the curser. Luckily the task bar icons still work so I can restart and then all is OK for a while. Any suggestions? Thanks, wrenden Have you tried clicking once to select the icon and then hitting the Enter key? At least if that works, you know the icon and link etc is working, it's just 'why not the double mouse click'. The latter might be your mouse settings for mouse click. Most mouse setting windows have a place to test and adjust the timing of the click and how fast or slow you can click to be noticed. It might just be that simple. You didn't give any ideas of what you have tried so sorry, I might be telling you something you already know. Al
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May 29th 18, 11:59 PM
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On Tue, 29 May 2018 13:20:48 -0400, Big Al wrote:
On 05/29/2018 11:09 AM, wrenden wrote: Sony laptop: Sometimes the desktop icons won't respond to the curser. Luckily the task bar icons still work so I can restart and then all is OK for a while. Any suggestions? Thanks, wrenden Have you tried clicking once to select the icon and then hitting the Enter key? At least if that works, you know the icon and link etc is working Yes I tried that---no response at all. All that helps is a restart. Maybe this thingy just has too many hours used. Thanks for the reply. wrenden , it's just 'why not the double mouse click'. The latter might be your mouse settings for mouse click. Most mouse setting windows have a place to test and adjust the timing of the click and how fast or slow you can click to be noticed. It might just be that simple. You didn't give any ideas of what you have tried so sorry, I might be telling you something you already know. Al
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May 30th 18, 12:13 AM
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wrenden wrote:
Big Al wrote: wrenden wrote: Sony laptop: Sometimes the desktop icons won't respond to the curser. Luckily the task bar icons still work so I can restart and then all is OK for a while. Have you tried clicking once to select the icon and then hitting the Enter key? At least if that works, you know the icon and link etc is working Yes I tried that---no response at all. All that helps is a restart. Maybe this thingy just has too many hours used. Thanks for the reply. Is restarting Windows in its safe mode another troubleshooting step you didn't inform us about? Or disabling the anti-virus software? Or taking the command string from the shortcut and using the Win+R run dialog to load it that way?
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May 30th 18, 02:35 AM
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On Tue, 29 May 2018 18:13:34 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:
wrenden wrote: Big Al wrote: wrenden wrote: Sony laptop: Sometimes the desktop icons won't respond to the curser. Luckily the task bar icons still work so I can restart and then all is OK for a while. Have you tried clicking once to select the icon and then hitting the Enter key? At least if that works, you know the icon and link etc is working Yes I tried that---no response at all. All that helps is a restart. Maybe this thingy just has too many hours used. Thanks for the reply. Is restarting Windows in its safe mode another troubleshooting step you didn't inform us about? Or disabling the anti-virus software? Or taking the command string from the shortcut and using the Win+R run dialog to load it that way? OK, I just did a restore in safe mode and it seems alright now. I just remembered the problem started after I uninstalled Avast AV. Thanks guys. wrenden
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May 30th 18, 08:56 AM
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wrenden wrote:
VanguardLH wrote: wrenden wrote: Big Al wrote: wrenden wrote: Sony laptop: Sometimes the desktop icons won't respond to the curser. Luckily the task bar icons still work so I can restart and then all is OK for a while. Have you tried clicking once to select the icon and then hitting the Enter key? At least if that works, you know the icon and link etc is working Yes I tried that---no response at all. All that helps is a restart. Maybe this thingy just has too many hours used. Thanks for the reply. Is restarting Windows in its safe mode another troubleshooting step you didn't inform us about? Or disabling the anti-virus software? Or taking the command string from the shortcut and using the Win+R run dialog to load it that way? OK, I just did a restore in safe mode and it seems alright now. I just remembered the problem started after I uninstalled Avast AV. Avast has kernel-mode drivers. You need to reboot Windows to complete the uninstallation. Avast also has an uninstall/cleanup tool. https://www.avast.com/en-us/uninstall-utility
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