Comments on: The most annoying feature of Windows Vista

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:09:47 +0000

The screenshots tell the story. Focus stayed on the left pane when I selected files or folders in the right pane, and so the delete would take effect on the left pane. It was happening on two Vista Business laptops, one a Dell OEM build, the other a clean install from NFR media.

That said, this is a 6 month old post and I haven’t used Vista since. Its possible SP1 or a patch included a fix (either deliberately or inadvertently) for the bug. If I happen to be on a Vista machine anytime soon I’ll retest and update the post.

By: Jared Van Leeuwen

Jared Van Leeuwen — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:49:18 +0000

I just tried to repro your problem on my Vista laptop and it’s not happening. I drill down to a folder with the left pane, I select drag to select items, and when I do the focus changes. So when I hit delete (I tried both delete and backspace) the confirmation questions about the items from the right pane.

By: alex talarico

alex talarico — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:53:08 +0000

… i cannot repro this issue – was it made up? i never had this problem in vista… check where i’m posting from

By: How and why I stopped using Windows Vista - The Capslock Assassin

How and why I stopped using Windows Vista - The Capslock Assassin — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:06:37 +0000

[...] This ridiculous behaviour in Explorer. [...]

By: Death Before Vista

Death Before Vista — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:22:10 +0000

All these years and networked files still don’t go to the recycle bin… Microsoft still designs their software around their needs, not yours.

On XP right now (mainly because of legacy software and legacy clients), but I will never buy another Microsof OS with my own dollars. I’d sooner set them alight.

(Yeah, that goes for Visual Studio, too, @(#*$%ers!)

Oh yeah … and that thing /you/ were ranting about…