In message , R.Wieser
writes:
Lee,

So the search tool was open and you were typing in the file name
when it started misbehaving?

I'm sorry, I see I was not too clear there. I just typed the filename while
the focus was on the explorer window on the right (containing all the
files). It behaves as a kind of auto-complete (jumping to the first file
matching the first typed char, than on typing the second char to the file
matching that one, and so on).

To sum up those ramblings, it appears to be a random firing off
of CTRL-TAB. ALT after that goes straight to the tool bar then.
Does that sound feasible to you?

I have no idea if its feasable. But I think its simpler: when you hold ALT
down your keystrokes are regarded as "shortcut keys" and are send to the
toolbar. If the ALT key "sticks" (on the keyboard itself, or being
remembered by the OS as being down) they will (ofcourse) go to the toolbar
too.

But while that works for the ALT key, the problem that I'm having seems to
be related to the SHIFT key (holding ALT down while selecting a file in
explorer does not seem to do anything special).

And that makes me realize that I seem to have (at least) *two* keys that act
funny: SHIFT and ALT ...
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Another possible something that might need considering: keyboard
mapping. I know, for example, that in the USA, there are two keys marked
Alt, which (AFAIK) do the same thing there; in the UK, the right one is
marked Alt Gr, although I've never been too sure what it's for (possibly
generating things like é, though it doesn't for me - I generated that
with an excellent utility called AllChars, though I don't know if that
works in '98 - I'm using XP here). Anyway, keyboard mapping may be
relevant - I've certainly seen cases where different mapping applies
between Windows and DOS, and _I think_ console mode too. (Though I can't
think of any layout where [either of ]the _shift_ key[s] have a
different function under anything.)
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