eh, sorry - forgot to mention that bit. I'm on Win98SE: 4.10.2222 A -nik
On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 05:09:34PM -0500, Harold Hunt wrote: > I cannot duplicate that behavior on Windows 2000. > > Works for me. > > Harold > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nikolaus Bates-Haus > > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 1:42 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: In XFree, WIN-E to start Windows Exporer causes taskbar hang > > > > > > I didn't see anything about this in the mailing list archives: > > Cygwin/XFree 4.2.0 (and prior versions) > > Cygwin DLL 1.3.9 (and prior versions) > > When I try to open a Windows Explorer using the Win-E keyboard shortcut > > (Windows key, E), the explorer window doesn't open and the > > taskbar freezes. > > I can still Alt-TAB between applications, and start things from > > the desktop, > > but can't do a thing with the taskbar. > > After a long time (1/2 hour to an hour; not sure if it's the > > length of time > > or me doing something) Explorer will start, and the taskbar will > > come back. > > > > This ONLY happens when Cygwin has keyboard focus. > > It only happens when using the keyboard shortcut; starting from the start > > menu, desktop or existing window doesn't do it. > > Once it happens, I can still start Windows Explorer from the desktop. > > Don't know about other keyboard shortcuts. > > > > -nik
