Selecting desktop item

[kim]

Hi, all of a sudden I can`t select multiple files on the desk top, it`s ok
in other folders. Before out of a list of 20 files I could select one file
then hold the shift key and select five more and just those five would
remain selected, now it only selects the last one.
Any ideas?
Kim

 

[Rich Barry]

Kim, if you have a number of files on your desktop and what to select a
certain number
you can just select the first file then press the Shift key and then
select the last file holding
the Shift key down until selected.

 

[kim]

Thats what I do and then today it won`t work.

Kim, if you have a number of files on your desktop and what to select a
certain number
you can just select the first file then press the Shift key and then
select the last file holding
the Shift key down until selected.

 

[Tony Luxton]

Kim,

What Rich Barry says is correct, but it seems you want to select items one
by one - have I got that right? If so, you need to use <control>, not
<shift>.

HTH Tony.