Windows 10: deselect hotkey

Ctl-A selects all. What deselects all?

:)

 

deselecting problems on windows10

Hi Chen Amram,

Welcome to Microsoft Community.

I understand your inconvenience. We will assist you to resolve this issue.

Let’s check if any third party service is causing this issue.

Method 1:



Step 1: Safe Mode with Networking

I suggest you to Start Windows in Safe Mode with Networking and check if it helps.

Safe Mode is a troubleshooting option for Windows that starts your computer in a limited state. Only the basic files and drivers necessary to run Windows are started.

Follow the instruction provided below.

• Press the ‘Windows + I’ key on the keyboard.
• Click on Update and Security.
• Click on Recovery option.
• Under Advanced Startup, click
  Restart now.
• Click on Troubleshoot,
  Advanced options, Startup Settings.
• Click Restart, select Safe Mode with Networking
  and then press Enter.

Note: Restart the computer to start in normal mode.



If the issue is doesn’t occur in Safe mode with networking then place the computer in a
Clean Boot and check.



Step 2: Clean boot

A Clean boot is troubleshooting option for Windows in which all the third party services are disabled and checked, if this services are causing the problem.

Follow the Microsoft help article to perform clean boot.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/929135

Note: Please go through the section: How to reset the computer to start as usual after troubleshooting with Clean Boot of the Kb article to boot the computer in normal startup after
fixing the issue.

Note: The steps for Windows 8/8.1 applies to Windows 10 Technical Preview.

Hope it helps. Do let us know if your issue is resolved. For any further query, feel free to contact us.

Thank you.

 

Minimizing/deselection bug

I'm having the same exact problem at the original poster, and it's driving me crazy. Has anyone found a fix yet?

 

A left click anywhere. I know of no keystrokes and none are listed within this doc

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/...oard-shortcuts

Ken

 

One quickly learns that clicking the mouse again after selecting [as mentioned] undoes it. Also pressing the Esc key may work within programs such as MSPaint.

 

I'm thinking File Explorer (details view). Having selected all, shift-space deselects many -- but not all. I didn't find shift-space listed on any shortcut guide, so not sure whether that's a kink in my PC. Odd that there is no way to do that. Maybe an AutoHotkey macro?

 

The following is not the solution to your question; it is only a method that I use:

Assuming that I use Ctrl+A to select all files/folders within File Explorer, and assuming that I am only using the keyboard (not the mouse), I would press the Down Arrow. That just selects the file that is under whatever was selected singularly last.

And I just tried your Shift+Space method. The same thing happens here. It seems to select the last file that was singularly selected, or the first item listed assuming that you didn't select any item.

Example: I opened a folder that has 4 files in it. I pressed Ctrl+A and that selected all four of the items. I pressed Shift+Space and that selected the first file.
I clicked on the 3rd file, pressed Ctrl+A to select all, then pressed Shift+Space. The 3rd file is the only file that is now selected.

 

Thanks all. Selecting a single file after ^A does simplify the process.