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Re: In XFree, WIN-E to start Windows Exporer causes taskbar hang


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: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Nikolaus Bates-Haus
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 1:42 PM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > 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


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