Hi Dave, I don't know what's going on with your pc, but I use home and end in the address bar of the Windows Explorer window all the time. You do know you must press alt-d to go to the address bar before you can edit the address (at least, that's the easiest way I know of). Once you're in the editbox, you should be able to use home and end. If you can't, turn on "key describer" mode with insert-1 and see if home and end have been reassigned to some other function. Or, reinstall the explorer set file to try and clear up any key reassignments. If some app is using these as hotkeys, then reinstalling the set file will not do anything for you, but the key describer mode should inform you of this.
hth, Chip > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Bahr [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2012 10:09 PM > To: gw-info > Subject: unable to use standard beginning and end of line box > in windows explorer address boxes > > Hi Gang, > > Apparently I'm trying to outdo myself on the length of the > usual subject line. Anyway, quick question. When I'm in a > windows explorer window on windows 7 64 bit with we 7.5.4.1 I > can't seem to move to the beginning or end of the line with > the home and end keys. I can just use the arrows. In this > particular case, I was just jumping to the main drive from > the backup, so just the drive letter needed to be changed. > It's not a big deal to use the arrows, I'm not complaining > about that, I'm just wondering if this was a built in safety > precaution lest someone write the wrong file path. So it's > when you press f 4 and are in that box to type an address, > can't use ctrl-home or ctrl-end or derivatives thereof. > Thoughts on what is indeed a trivial matter? > > > > Dave C. Bahr > Facebook: Dave Bahr > Twitter: dcbahr > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the > original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on > the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please > consider sending your message to [email protected] so the > entire list will receive it. > > GW-Info messages are archived at > http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list > subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
