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Update: Same problem today, couldn't select multiple files. Tried rebooting, didn't work. I still supect that this relates to preview of files and creation of thumbs so I uninstalled ffdshow and reinstalled the version from this site: Software compatible with Vista RC2. All I did was uninstall and reinstall this version and now selection works as it should.

Tried rebooting first and voilà! My ctrl-a shortcut is back and I can now properly select files in Explorer. Strange bug... Will try some more testing if it reappears.

Seems I'm not the only one, found two forumhits with google: Microsoft TechNet Forums Lockergnome.com Forums The people solve their ctrl-a problems by going through diffrent types of folders and reset folder options in most of them. They have no clue to what folders create the problems. Also, the strange thing is that I haven't customized them at all. All I've done in Explorer is copy/move, haven't gotten around to the specific settings yet. Will give reset folder options a try later and let you guys know.. Also, I'll try to be a bit more specific about it and try to narrow the problem down. Those two forums weren't much help.

The keyboard is a Microsoft Comfort Keboard 4000 with the original, Vista compatible, Microsoft driver and Intellipoint software installed. I doubt this is driver related, as this method of selecting items (ctrl-a, hold ctrl for individual selects, hold shift for sequential selects, and so forth) works in other programs, for instance for selecting emails in Opera. That also eliminates trojans and keyloggers. This issue is restricted to Windows Explorer only, as far as I know. And I'm pretty sure it worked when the install was new. Haven't installed anything that I suspect could cause this error, the only one would be ffdshow, related to thumbs in Explorer. Oh, and the file-edit-> menu appears when I press ALT.

I've been running RTM for a week now and suddenly CTRL-A stopped working. Pressing it does absolutely nothing. Also, if I right-click in a folder, there is no "select all" option in the folder. Now how the hell am I supposed to copy all files in a directory? I cant select files individually with ctrl either, nor select one file, hold shift, select the last file to select all. And yes, I've tested the keyboard. It works in XP. Wtf is going on here? Did some more experimenting. Selecting "Classical folders" didn't work either. It gave me the old file, edit, view, tools, help menu, but the "Edit -> Select All" option is grayed out..