Was that a double or two singles?
Have you noticed that sometimes when you double-click on an icon
on your Desktop, rather than the program running or the file opening, all that
happens is that the icon's name is highlighted and the text has a border.
So what's happening?
As
you know, a double-click opens an item. What you
may not know is that Windows interprets two single clicks as Rename. So
if the two clicks of the double-click aren't close
enough together Windows thinks you want to rename the file or program
icon. When this happens, most people click away from the icon and try
again. In fact all you need to do is to double-click on the picture part
of the icon.
The
two single clicks only work if your mouse pointer is on the text part of the
icon. If this happens to you more often than you want, when you are going
to double-click make sure your mouse pointer is over the picture part of the
icon, rather than the text. Then if you do two single clicks nothing will
happen and you can just try again.
You
could also try slowing down the speed of the double-clicks
so they can be farther apart and still be treated as a double by Windows.
To
slow down the double-click speed:
- Start menu, Settings, Control Panel
- Double-click on Mouse
- In the Double-click area, drag the slider to the left
- Test by double-clicking on the little folder on the right
- Adjust as needed
- Click on OK
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