Windows 10: Phantom Input and unable to use Windows Menu

Discus and support Phantom Input and unable to use Windows Menu in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; After I quit a game in which I was using a controller. When I try to access the start menu or any windows menu, it seems like a directional button is... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by dizziey, Nov 5, 2022.

  1. dizziey Win User

    Phantom Input and unable to use Windows Menu


    After I quit a game in which I was using a controller. When I try to access the start menu or any windows menu, it seems like a directional button is being pressed meaning I cannot access anything on the menu due to this input. I have tried to use both keyboard and controller testers to identify if a button is being pressed, but no input was detected. Furthermore, I have tried a second controller and the issue has been repeated. In order to gain control and use the different Microsoft windows, I have to perform a restart. This only happens on windows. I am facing no issues when using chrome or

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    dizziey, Nov 5, 2022
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  2. Naki Win User

    Feature suggestion: Add right-click menu

    Suggestion: Please add a Windows 7 Jump-List and/or right-click menu to the GPU-Z icon in the Windows taskbar. Possible menus in it would be "Exit" and "About GPU-Z...".
    Maybe also "Switch to tab 1/Switch to tab 2/Switch to videocard 1/Switch to videocard 2" too.
    Examples of programs that have such menus are ICQ, Skype, AIM.

    NOTE: It seems for a right-click menu, Windows 7 is not needed - it works on WinXP and Vista too.
    But even a Windows 7 Jump-list may be good enough.
    What do you think?
     
    Naki, Nov 5, 2022
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  3. N95:8GB Phantom Access Point

    Hi Folks

    After I upgraded my Nokia N95 8GB to the latest firmware it has inherited a new 'access point' - this is listed when I want to choose which method of connection when Im checking email but yet when I go into the settings menu to try and delete it - the phantom
    access point is not there; all the other ones are there but its missing.

    Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I might remove this phantom access point from the selection list when I attempt to connect

    Many thanks in advance
     
    abigsavage---01, Nov 5, 2022
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  4. mjs17 Win User

    Phantom Input and unable to use Windows Menu

    Unable to access Zip folder created by "Steps Recorder" in Windows 10

    I had concluded as well, the file must not have existed (based on screen-shots below) - so I tried doing a restart of the "File Explorer" - with the goal to get the phantom file to disappear from the "Recent files" list - but it still remained so I used the right-click context menu option "Remove from Quick access" for the phantom file that did the trick. *Wink (I was reluctant to use the "Remove from Quick access" until I assured myself that the file must apparently not exist (regardless of it being listed in the "Recent files" list - which is a bit confusing why this was the case. *Confused )

    What led me to conclude the file must not exist was the following:

    Phantom Input and unable to use Windows Menu [​IMG]

    Doing the above and ignoring the dialog produced the results below

    Phantom Input and unable to use Windows Menu [​IMG]

    - so since I never moved the file one would have to conclude the file listed in "Recent files" must be a phantom file. I would have assumed that a restart of "File Explorer" would have cleared the file but obviously not.

    Many thanks for all the help provided - I'll flag topic as resolved. *Party

    - - - Updated - - -

    P.S.

    Btw, I had tried (while still assuming the file may had existed) enabling this setting (wondered if this might help) - but didn't make any difference....

    Phantom Input and unable to use Windows Menu [​IMG]
     
    mjs17, Nov 5, 2022
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