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Desktop icons not responding on first click, opening other icons
Win 10 Pro x64 1607, Classic Start desktop, setting=single-click open, system drive is fast SSD
As detailed in another thread, I've had problems going from 1511 to 1607, but have settled in with the latter for the past week. To try to sort a couple of problems, I ran a in-place repair install last night. Since then, opening desktop icons has become a big problem:
- programs icons are either very slow to open on a single click - 30 secs to minutes - or do not respond at all to the first click, but require a second one to open (not a double click). Some are not responding at all and I've been doing reinstalls to see if that's the problem.
- icons are often opening another one entirely, typically the last one closed; e.g., I just opened an Excel file linked on the desktop, then closed it and then clicked on the link to open this browser. It reopened the Excel file and the browser. In other cases, it just opens the last one alone. In the cases of Fences, double clicking on the desktop opened the last program used (and closed). This type of thing has happened numerous times.
- it appears that after the first opening, the icon or related icons in the case of a file manger (XYplorer) with a number of icons on the desktop, starts responding normally. Perhaps there's a clue in that?
- this does not affect taskbar icons or programs opened from within file managers
Since this started, I've run sfc /scannow, Windows 10 Manager and Tweaking.com's Windows Repair, the latter suggested on the 1511 to 1607 thread and best to stay away from. None have improved the situation.
This is bizarre. Any ideas short of a clean install?
Update: I did a system restore back to before the repair install, but the desktop issues continue.
Last edited by highstream; 04 Feb 2017 at 15:24.