Windows 10: Turn On or Off Select Items using Check Boxes in Windows 10

How to: Turn On or Off Select Items using Check Boxes in Windows 10

How to Turn On or Off Use Check Boxes to Select Items in Windows 10


Information You can use check boxes to make selecting multiple items in any order easier to do in File Explorer and on your desktop in Windows.

When check boxes is turned on, you can hover the pointer over each item to reveal the check box to be able to check (select) or uncheck (unselect) it.

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off using check boxes to select files, folders, and drives in your user account in Windows 10.



Note There are several other ways to select items.

• Point to select (hover) on an item until it is selected if you have single-click to open an item set.
• Single click on an item if you have double-click to open an item set.
• Use Select all, Select none, and Invert selection.
• To select a consecutive group of files or folders, click/tap the first item, press and hold down the Shift key, and then click/tap the last item.
• To select multiple files or folders that are near each other, drag the mouse pointer to create a selection around the outside of all the items that you want to include.
• To select non-consecutive files or folders, press and hold down the Ctrl key, and then click each item that you want to select.
• To select all of the files or folders in File Explorer, click/tap on the Home tab, and click/tap on Select all​ in the ribbon. If you want to exclude one or more items from your selection, press and hold down the Ctrl key, and then click the items.

CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Turn On or Off Use Check Boxes to Select Items in File Explorer Ribbon
• Option Two: To Turn On or Off Use Check Boxes to Select Items in File Explorer Options
• Option Three: To Turn On or Off Use Check Boxes to Select Items using a BAT file

EXAMPLE: Use check boxes to select items









OPTION ONE [/i] To Turn On or Off Use Check Boxes to Select Items in File Explorer Ribbon
1. While you have File Explorer open, click/tap on the View tab, and check (on) or uncheck (off) Item check boxes. (see screenshot below)









OPTION TWO [/i] To Turn On or Off Use Check Boxes to Select Items in File Explorer Options
1. Open File Explorer Options.

2. Click/tap on the View tab, check (on) or uncheck (off) Use check boxes to select items, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)








OPTION THREE [/i] To Turn On or Off Use Check Boxes to Select Items using a BAT file


Note The .bat files below are to change the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

AutoCheckSelect DWORD

0 = off
1 = on


1. Do step 2 (on) or step 3 (off) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Turn On Use Check Boxes to Select Items
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the BAT file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_On_Use_Check_Boxes_to_Select_Items.bat

Download

3. To Turn Off Use Check Boxes to Select Items
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the BAT file below, and go to step 4 below.

Turn_Off_Use_Check_Boxes_to_Select_Items.bat

Download
4. Save the .bat file to your desktop.

5. Unblock the .bat file.

6. Run the .bat file.

7. You will now notice your screen flicker and a command prompt quickly opens and closes as explorer is restarted to apply the registry changes.

8. When finished, you can delete the downloaded .bat file if you like.


That's it,
Shawn


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If everything is still working well with the clean boot then you can start troubleshooting as follows to start:

How to determine what is causing the problem after you do a clean boot


1. Log on to the computer by using an account that has administrator rights.
2. From Start, search for msconfig. (In Windows 10, use the Search box from the Start menu. In Windows 8 or 8.1, swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. Or, if you are using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click Search.)
3. Select msconfig or System Configuration from the search results.
4. Tap or click the Services tab, and then tap or click to select the Hide all Microsoft services check box.
5. Tap or click to select the upper half of the check boxes in the Service list.
6. Tap or click OK, and then tap or click Restart.
7. After the computer finishes restarting, determine whether the problem still occurs.
• If the problem still occurs, repeat steps 1 through 6, but clear the lower half of the check boxes in the Service list that you originally selected.
• If the problem does not occur, repeat steps 1 through 6, and select only the upper half of the remaining check boxes that are cleared in the Service list. Repeat these steps until you have selected all the check boxes.
• If you still experience the problem when only one service is selected in the Service list, this means that the selected service causes the problem, and you should go to step 11. If no service causes the problem, go to step 8.
8. Repeat steps 1 and 3 in this section.
9. Tap or click the Startup tab, and then tap or click to select the upper half of the check boxes in the Startup Item list.
10. Click OK, and then click Restart.
• If the problem still occurs, repeat steps 8 and 9, but clear the lower half of the checked boxes in the Startup Item list that you originally selected.
• If the problem does not occur, repeat steps 8 and 9, and select only the upper half of the remaining check boxes that are cleared in the Startup Item list. Repeat these steps until you have selected all the check boxes.
• If you still experience the problem after only one Startup Item is selected in the Startup Item list, this means that the selected Startup Item causes the problem, and you should go to step 11. If no Startup Item causes this problem, a Microsoft service probably causes the problem. To determine which Microsoft service may be causing the problem, repeat steps 1 through 7 without selecting the Hide all Microsoft services check box in each step.
11. After you determine the startup item or the service that causes the problem, contact the program manufacturer to determine whether the problem can be resolved. Or, run the System Configuration utility, and then tap or click to clear the check box for the problem item.
From <https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929135/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows>

 

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