Double click of the mouse on the desktop icon shortcuts no longer works.

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• I have been using InDesign for many years. Last week I suddenly discovered that I couldn't open a document by double-clicking on the desktop or wherever it was. Instead, I now find the document in some folder that is, click on it once, t

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• [if I double click on the photoshop icon it open but used lightroom is still], it worked before

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  Hi mikeg84390073,

  Greetings.

  • What version of PS you use, is up to date?
    • Update of Photoshop
  • If she is up to date, try to open PS C - Program files - Adobe - Adobe Photoshop
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• LR CC has just been installed but when I click on the desktop icon that nothing happens, what can I try?

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• Tried to uninstall firefox but says must close first, click on the desktop icon and firefox does not open

  I was planning to install the new version, but it keeps telling me to close firefox first, click on the icon and nothing happens, is gone to internet explore and found Mozilla support but nothing listed there help
  Please help me with this problem, do not use Explorer

  Men of Firefox > File > Exit

  Open the Task Manager > processes and check firefox running in the background?

  ________________________________________________________________________________

  Some Firefox problems can be solved by performing a clean reinstall. This means that you remove Firefox program files, and then reinstall Firefox. Please follow these steps:

  Note: You can print these steps or consult them in another browser.

  1. Download the latest version of Firefox from http://www.mozilla.org office and save the installer to your computer.
  2. Once the download is complete, close all Firefox Windows (click on quit in the file menu or Firefox).
  3. Remove the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:
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       • C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
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     • Linux: If you have installed Firefox with the distribution-based package manager, you must use the same way to uninstall: see Install Firefox on Linux. If you have downloaded and installed the binary package from the Firefox download page, simply remove the folder firefox in your home directory.
  4. Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox:
     1. Double-click on the downloaded Setup file and go through the steps in the installation wizard.
     2. Once the wizard is completed, click to open Firefox directly after clicking the Finish button.

  More information on the resettlement of Firefox can be found here.

  WARNING: Uninstaller or the use of Firefox and not run a third remover as part of this process, because who could permanently delete your Firefox data, including but not limited to, extensions, cache, cookies, bookmarks, personal settings and passwords saved. These can be recovered, unless they have been backed up on an external device!

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• not be able to double-click on the descktop icons

  I have vista. The computer has a virus, but I used norton to stop him. Everything is back to normal, except that I'm not able to double-click on the icons of desk top of the page and go to my programs. Is there an easy fix for this? Thank you, Don

  Hello

  
  Method 1:
  Diagnose and automatically repair Windows files and folders problems http://support.microsoft.com/mats/windows_file_and_folder_diag/
  Method 2:
  Start the computer in safe mode and check if the problem persists. Visit the given link and follow the steps to start safe mode.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/start-your-computer-in-safe-mode
   
  Method 3:
  You can try to start clean boot your system and check if the problem is related to the software.
  Put your boot system helps determine if third-party applications or startup items are causing the problem. If so, you need to maybe contact the manufacturer of the program for updates or uninstall and reinstall the program.
   
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• Failed to open when you click on the desktop icons

  Hi, none of my desktop icons work. It does'nt matter if I left or right click on them. The only thing I can do is open internet explore from the taskbar!

  Help, please!

  Hi, none of my desktop icons work. It does'nt matter if I left or right click on them. The only thing I can do is open internet explore from the taskbar!

  Help, please!

  3 proposals:

  1 rebuild the icon cache. Yours could be damaged.

  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/117229-icon-cache-rebuild.html
  Use the Option One. It is easier.

  2 restore explorer.exe
  Press CTRL + Alt + Del > Task Manager > Procesess tab > right click on explorer.exe > click on end process > Applications tab > new task... > in the Open box, type explorer.exe > OK.

  Check your desktop icons.

  3. If this problem is recent, and if you remember a date where worked the icons on your desktop, and then do a system restore.
  Choose a date where the desktop icons worked as your restore point.
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-System-Restore-how.html

• Can't click on the desktop icons

  Windows Vista. I can't click on the icons on the desktop or right-click on the desktop screen. I can click on the start menu or on an open page such as iexplorer. Help, please.

  Windows Vista. I can't click on the icons on the desktop or right-click on the desktop screen. I can click on the start menu or on an open page such as iexplorer. Help, please.

  2 suggestions:
  Do first #1. Healing as possible.
  1. If this problem is less than 15 days, and if you remember a good date when he did not have this problem, please do a system restore. Choose this good date as your restore point.
  Start button > Search box, type system restore > press the Enter key > uac prompt > click on choose a different restore point > next > select dates as your restore point, until the click > next > finish
  To sit and wait. The machine restarts when it's done.

  2. your desktop icons is maybe damaged. This tutorial helps rebuild the cache of icons.
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/117229-icon-cache-rebuild.html
  Use the Option One. Easier. For the benefits of others looking for answers, please mark as answer suggestion if it solves your problem.

• No action by clicking on the desktop icon.

  Vista update downloaded 24 hours ago. Then select "shutdown" to close, message appeared 'install updates and shut down'. I've selected this option and went to bed.

  At the next startup laptop morning seems to start ok, but when I clicked on one of the desktop icons, or "Start" nothing happened.

  http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial140.html

  Understanding Windows Update and Extras in Windows Vista at the link above.

   

  Remove the Vista updates; two ways to do this:

  1. a System Restore to before the updates:

  Click Start > programs > Accessories > system tools > System Restore > restore time/choose your own date > next

  If you use Norton, disable it before using the system restore.

  If it is impossible to enter the Normal Mode, do a Safe Mode system restore:

  Press F8 at the startup/power and the list of startup options, use THE ARROW key to select Safe mode > and then press ENTER.

  System restore steps according to the info above.

  Also:

  2. click on start > right click on computer > properties > Windows updates down the lower left corner > updates installed in the lower left corner in the next window

  > then click the one that you don't want > uninstall will appear at the top > uninstall it.

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  In addition, on the page where you clicked "Installed updates", click on change settings at the top left corner it

  > Change update settings in the next page of AutoUpdate to "check for updates but let me choose etc" > OK ".

  When you take a look at pending updates, you can either download/install them one at the time, namely the update causing you problems.

  > or if you do not need an individual > right-click on > UAC prompt > hide it

  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  If the above does not she, republish your questions in the appropriate Forum:

  Windows Update Forum:

  It's updated operating system Vista, upgraded installation and activate Forum.

  You will get the best help for any problem of Update/Service Pack in the Windows Update Forum; the link below:

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistawu/threads

  When you repost here, kindly include the Error Codes, and exactly what is happening when you try to update.

  In this way, you will receive the best help.

  See you soon.

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Windows 7 Home - not totally appearing & not opening when you click on the desktop icons.

  All very well when I turn on computer, however after opening the first program by clicking on an icon on my desktop, the remaining icons still turning empty files - lose their individual designs - while retaining their titles - and can not be opened by clicking or double-clicking them.
  Everything is fine when I opened the bt programs by selecting them from the start menu or the list of complete program.
  Can anyone suggest a remedy please?

  Hello

  Where there are changes on the computer prior to this question?

  Perform the following methods and check:

  Method 1: Run the fixit from following link and:

  Difficulty of broken desktop shortcuts and common system maintenance tasks

  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/system_maintenance_for_windows/en-us

  See also: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950505

  Note: This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  How to back up and restore the registry in Windows 7

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/back-up-the-registry

  Method 2: You can also scan your computer the Microsoft Security Scanner, which would help us to get rid of viruses, spyware and other malicious software.

  The Microsoft Security Scanner is a downloadable security tool for free which allows analysis at the application and helps remove viruses, spyware and other malware. It works with your current antivirus software.

  http://www.Microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx

  Note: The Microsoft Safety Scanner ends 10 days after being downloaded. To restart a scan with the latest definitions of anti-malware, download and run the Microsoft Safety Scanner again.

  Note: The data files that are infected must be cleaned only by removing the file completely, which means that there is a risk of data loss.

  Let us know if it helps.

• Why Firefox tells me "another program is using the file" 1 hour after the update of Firefox, when I click on the desktop icon?

  It happened when I tried to update c. 16 to 17 as well. I had go it and download v. 18 and he told me that she had and he asked me to restart Firefox. I clicked on the "Restart Firefox" button. He closed Firefox 17. I waited an hour and no Firefox had begun. I clicked on the icon on my desktop for Firefox, and I got a window with "another program is using the file.

  The last time that happened, I had to uninstall v. 16, use Opera 12.12 to download version 17 and then installed, to have to set my preferences just a little and then I could start v. 17.

  Why update your program allows me to update, instead of downloading a new program?

  I'm on Windows XP SP3 and a very fast motherboard.

  Finally, I decided to check if my AVG antivirus or IOBit Malware Fighter software is interfering and I disabled them temporarily. I restarted and then turned off these programs and then opens Firefox. It was as usual, 17.0.1 version not updated. I went to help, on Firefox, click Find updates. Downloading updates, invited to restart Firefox, and after closing Firefox, I got the window that says that he was installing the updates, for the first time for an attempt to update to version 17 or 18. He installed the updates and restarted in fact without any problems.

  I was about to turn off all of my Add-ons for the next test. I never had to disable my AVG or IOBit before and they are the latest versions, too. AVG is the same version that allowed the update to v. 16 before. If something is different both Firefox 17 and 18, that it will not allow updates with AVG in force (or possibly IOBit Malware Fighter).

• Impossible to click on the desktop icons

  I recently problems with windows 7 64 bit. When I start the pc all works fine but after surfing the internet for a while I find can not click on the icons on the desktop but the start menu still works fine. I have run a virus check using an updated to AVG 9 but it show nothing. If anyone has had this problem or know another solution to reboot the pc? I tried to repeat things to work out what is the cause or when it begins but as the yet not sure.

  Hi thanks for the reply. I think I found the problem now someone in a surgested chat channel using a program called Malwarebytes to scan the pc and he picked up a virus registory of embezzlement:

  Infected registry data items:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoActiveDesktopChanges (Hijack.DisplayProperties)-> Bad: (1) Good: (0)-> quarantined and deleted successfully.

  I don't know how it has infected the computer, but at least I can wipe again if I get it again. I hope this is help to anyone else having the same problem to.

• All the desktop icons are running MS Works

  Most of the shortcuts on my desktop & the toolbar has changed - the no longer show the correct icon & when I double click on a window appears informing me that MS Works is changing the link

  Thus, for example, I click on the shortcut to IE and performs work! I deleted the shortcuts created and new, but the same thing happens.
  If I look at the properties, the info is OK with links pointing to the location correct disc & if I run the files directly from the disk they work all OK
  This is the case for non MS apps (for example Firefox) as well as the applications of MS
  Only my account every day had been affected. I have an account Admin emergent & when I connect to which its fine so it seems to be the user or a specific profile

  As a first step, try a system restore, for a period prior to the occurrence of the problem

• HP Pavilion Elite HPE - 337c: right click on the taskbar for programs no longer works.

  1. product name and number: HP Pavilion Elite HPE - 337C

  2. operating system: Microsoft Windows 7 Edition Home Premium (64-bit); Service Pack 1; Build number 7601; Version of DirectX 11.

  3. error message: None; wish that it is.

  4. all changes made to your system until the problem occurred: Geez, there was so much.

  Problem: It used to not be that way.  Whenever I right click on a program open on the taskbar, and move the mouse to the added elements or recent-objects, disappears from the list.  The mouse does not work, but I can still use the cursor up/down arrows to select the item, press ENTER, and it works.  But there may be other problems related to the use of the mouse; We'll save those for later.

  Thank you

  Hank

  There is the possibility that there is a third-party shell extension that is the cause of the problem. You can analyze that yourself with a free utility called ShellExView. This may take some trial and error, deactivation and activation on your part.

  Only disable a single extension, both for troubleshooting, then turn it back on. If too many extensions at the same time, more specifically shell extensions Microsoft is off, then you might get a operating system unbootable.

• Make a right click on the desktop icon generates the error

  Besides, right-clicking on any icon in Windows Explorer, open the same window "Microsoft... has encountered a problem and needs to close." Looks like the registry, or something, is corrupt.

  ShellExView has been amazing! It took less than 5 minutes to locate and correct the problem. I had on package extensions (40) - found the culpret in the second group of (10). Turns out I've been using Powerdesk (a Dead Ringer for Windows Explorer for maybe 10 years). Disabling the Extension "Powerdesk ZIP" solved the problem. Windows Explorer and PowerDesk (which wasn't too) will work perfectly.

  I know not what affects the tell-abling "Powerdesk ZIP Extension" will have, but I can try to install the software - it is possibly corrupt.

  Thank you very much.