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Easy way to crash Explorer in Vista?

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    Chris Maunder
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    Can someone check this for me: In vista, open the Start menu | All programs then expand a folder. Right click on an item and select Cut. Expand another folder and now drag the cut item (dimmed) into the newly expanded folder. On my machine this crashes explorer 100% Anyone else seeing this?

    cheers, Chris Maunder

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      Can someone check this for me: In vista, open the Start menu | All programs then expand a folder. Right click on an item and select Cut. Expand another folder and now drag the cut item (dimmed) into the newly expanded folder. On my machine this crashes explorer 100% Anyone else seeing this?

      cheers, Chris Maunder

      CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

      The 9 things Microsoft should be announcing at MIX07 (but won't)

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      Jim Crafton
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      No. On my machine, Vista Ultimate, running with UAC on, Admin account, this worked OK, I got half a dozen stupid prompts*, but it worked. *OK, well only 3 really, and one completely superfluous progress dialog.

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        No. On my machine, Vista Ultimate, running with UAC on, Admin account, this worked OK, I got half a dozen stupid prompts*, but it worked. *OK, well only 3 really, and one completely superfluous progress dialog.

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        Chris Maunder
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        Looks like my install has gone spastic. 4 weeks - that's a record. Where are those XP disks...

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          Looks like my install has gone spastic. 4 weeks - that's a record. Where are those XP disks...

          cheers, Chris Maunder

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          The 9 things Microsoft should be announcing at MIX07 (but won't)

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          PIEBALDconsult
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          I thought you were required to turn in all discs for earlier versions.

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            I thought you were required to turn in all discs for earlier versions.

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            Anton Afanasyev
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            No, just your soul.


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            • C Chris Maunder

              Can someone check this for me: In vista, open the Start menu | All programs then expand a folder. Right click on an item and select Cut. Expand another folder and now drag the cut item (dimmed) into the newly expanded folder. On my machine this crashes explorer 100% Anyone else seeing this?

              cheers, Chris Maunder

              CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

              The 9 things Microsoft should be announcing at MIX07 (but won't)

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              Andy Brummer
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              Yeah I got the same result as Jim. Do you have UAC turned off. That might be causing it to barf.


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                Can someone check this for me: In vista, open the Start menu | All programs then expand a folder. Right click on an item and select Cut. Expand another folder and now drag the cut item (dimmed) into the newly expanded folder. On my machine this crashes explorer 100% Anyone else seeing this?

                cheers, Chris Maunder

                CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

                The 9 things Microsoft should be announcing at MIX07 (but won't)

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                Rocky Moore
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                Nope, worked fine here with UAC turned off.

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                  No, just your soul.


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                  Hmm, I seem to have turned in my disks instead of my soul. Oh well, at least I can live another day ;P

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                    No. On my machine, Vista Ultimate, running with UAC on, Admin account, this worked OK, I got half a dozen stupid prompts*, but it worked. *OK, well only 3 really, and one completely superfluous progress dialog.

                    ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)! SELECT * FROM User WHERE Clue > 0 0 rows returned Save an Orange - Use the VCF! VCF Blog

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                    peterchen
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                    So UAC is actually a redressed "Abort, Retry, Ignore" dialog?


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                    • C Chris Maunder

                      Can someone check this for me: In vista, open the Start menu | All programs then expand a folder. Right click on an item and select Cut. Expand another folder and now drag the cut item (dimmed) into the newly expanded folder. On my machine this crashes explorer 100% Anyone else seeing this?

                      cheers, Chris Maunder

                      CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

                      The 9 things Microsoft should be announcing at MIX07 (but won't)

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                      Michael Dunn
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                      No crash, but while I was dragging the shortcut around (and for about 20 seconds after) my CPU was pegged. :|

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                      • C Chris Maunder

                        Can someone check this for me: In vista, open the Start menu | All programs then expand a folder. Right click on an item and select Cut. Expand another folder and now drag the cut item (dimmed) into the newly expanded folder. On my machine this crashes explorer 100% Anyone else seeing this?

                        cheers, Chris Maunder

                        CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

                        The 9 things Microsoft should be announcing at MIX07 (but won't)

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                        loket
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                        No crash, but i have to drop the item twice in the destination folder, the first drop does nothing. ( UAC is turned on but i did not get any prompt from it. )

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                          Can someone check this for me: In vista, open the Start menu | All programs then expand a folder. Right click on an item and select Cut. Expand another folder and now drag the cut item (dimmed) into the newly expanded folder. On my machine this crashes explorer 100% Anyone else seeing this?

                          cheers, Chris Maunder

                          CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

                          The 9 things Microsoft should be announcing at MIX07 (but won't)

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                          NotYourAverageGuy
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                          Heh, just looking at it crooked crashes Explorer on 2 different machines and within a virtual machine. Now, if I actually DO anything, well then I am treated to a very pretty blue screen. This is the worst OS from MS since ME.

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