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  • D Daniel Pfeffer

    On & off for a long time (pre-Win10). As someone already said, the best way to get rid of this is to go back to the application that opened the menu, and reopen the menu. Closing the menu usually makes the original disappear.

    Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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    Lost User
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    Tried that a number of times but it never seems to work.

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      Just recently some new weirdness with Windows has started happening. If I right click to bring up a context menu, often the selected item box remains on top of all other windows on the screen after it has been selected, and the operation completes. If I swipe to a different virtual desktop the box goes there as well. The only way to get rid of it is to shut down (sleep or hibernate). Anyone else seen it?

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      raddevus
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      This is a possible solution. I've seen similar things and they seem to be related to video card and some of the "Aero" settings. Edit -I used to have tooltips that would hang out even after I left the window giving the tooltip. Here's what you can try. Go to System...Properties...Advanced tab... See this: https://i.stack.imgur.com/fewOz.png[^] (You can right click "This PC" from Explorer and click "Properties" to get to that.) Next you want to choose the first button (Performance) Settings... When you click that button you will see: https://i.stack.imgur.com/1c1Ya.png[^] These are the things that are affecting this. You can take a snapshot of your settings and basically turn them all off and then turn them back on slowly to test. There is a good chance one or more of these will solve your problem. Good luck.

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        This is a possible solution. I've seen similar things and they seem to be related to video card and some of the "Aero" settings. Edit -I used to have tooltips that would hang out even after I left the window giving the tooltip. Here's what you can try. Go to System...Properties...Advanced tab... See this: https://i.stack.imgur.com/fewOz.png[^] (You can right click "This PC" from Explorer and click "Properties" to get to that.) Next you want to choose the first button (Performance) Settings... When you click that button you will see: https://i.stack.imgur.com/1c1Ya.png[^] These are the things that are affecting this. You can take a snapshot of your settings and basically turn them all off and then turn them back on slowly to test. There is a good chance one or more of these will solve your problem. Good luck.

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        Lost User
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        Thanks for the tip I'll give it a try. The trouble is that because it is random it will not be easy to figure out when and if it is fixed. But, hey ho, as the great Charles Petzold wrote, "This is Windows, no one said it would be easy". [edit] I just started that and now I have the "Properties" item stuck on the screen. :mad: [/edit]

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        • L Lost User

          Just recently some new weirdness with Windows has started happening. If I right click to bring up a context menu, often the selected item box remains on top of all other windows on the screen after it has been selected, and the operation completes. If I swipe to a different virtual desktop the box goes there as well. The only way to get rid of it is to shut down (sleep or hibernate). Anyone else seen it?

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          Slacker007
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          I experience this with SSMS and Redgate tools. Their drop downs have a tendency to still stay visible. I just do as Sander said go to the offending app and minimize it or close it. I am using latest version of Windows 10.

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            I experience this with SSMS and Redgate tools. Their drop downs have a tendency to still stay visible. I just do as Sander said go to the offending app and minimize it or close it. I am using latest version of Windows 10.

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            Lost User
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            The problem occurs almost exclusively with Windows tools, and despite repeating the clicks I cannot get rid of the offending item.

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            • L Lost User

              Thanks for the tip I'll give it a try. The trouble is that because it is random it will not be easy to figure out when and if it is fixed. But, hey ho, as the great Charles Petzold wrote, "This is Windows, no one said it would be easy". [edit] I just started that and now I have the "Properties" item stuck on the screen. :mad: [/edit]

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              raddevus
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              It's painful stuff when Windows fails in these ways. Hey, also I noticed that on that 2nd window (where the performance options checkboxes are)...if you choose the "Adjust for best performance" radio button then it turns all of those options off. That is probably the way to go just to see if it fixes it first. However, I don't know how ugly windows will become at that point. :) Good luck.

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                It's painful stuff when Windows fails in these ways. Hey, also I noticed that on that 2nd window (where the performance options checkboxes are)...if you choose the "Adjust for best performance" radio button then it turns all of those options off. That is probably the way to go just to see if it fixes it first. However, I don't know how ugly windows will become at that point. :) Good luck.

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                raddevus wrote:

                I don't know how ugly windows will become at that point

                He's on w10; already ugly.

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                • L Lost User

                  Just recently some new weirdness with Windows has started happening. If I right click to bring up a context menu, often the selected item box remains on top of all other windows on the screen after it has been selected, and the operation completes. If I swipe to a different virtual desktop the box goes there as well. The only way to get rid of it is to shut down (sleep or hibernate). Anyone else seen it?

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                  Dave Kreskowiak
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                  It's rare, but I saw that very thing twice last week.

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                  • R raddevus

                    This is a possible solution. I've seen similar things and they seem to be related to video card and some of the "Aero" settings. Edit -I used to have tooltips that would hang out even after I left the window giving the tooltip. Here's what you can try. Go to System...Properties...Advanced tab... See this: https://i.stack.imgur.com/fewOz.png[^] (You can right click "This PC" from Explorer and click "Properties" to get to that.) Next you want to choose the first button (Performance) Settings... When you click that button you will see: https://i.stack.imgur.com/1c1Ya.png[^] These are the things that are affecting this. You can take a snapshot of your settings and basically turn them all off and then turn them back on slowly to test. There is a good chance one or more of these will solve your problem. Good luck.

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                    dandy72
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                    +1 for the video card. If this has only started happening after replacing a video driver, there's some good odds it's responsible for this. I'd try rolling back to the previous version.

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                    • L Lost User

                      Just recently some new weirdness with Windows has started happening. If I right click to bring up a context menu, often the selected item box remains on top of all other windows on the screen after it has been selected, and the operation completes. If I swipe to a different virtual desktop the box goes there as well. The only way to get rid of it is to shut down (sleep or hibernate). Anyone else seen it?

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                      Rick York
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                      I see it on occasion with W7 too. I think it has a video driver anomaly. Try updating the drivers for the video card. For me it got to the point it was repeatable and a video driver fixed it.

                      "They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"

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                      • L Lost User

                        Just recently some new weirdness with Windows has started happening. If I right click to bring up a context menu, often the selected item box remains on top of all other windows on the screen after it has been selected, and the operation completes. If I swipe to a different virtual desktop the box goes there as well. The only way to get rid of it is to shut down (sleep or hibernate). Anyone else seen it?

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                        Mark_Wallace
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                        I'd say it's probably the video drivers, too. One of my laptops would randomly leave inactive images of pop-ups and even windows on the screen. Removing and re-installing the video drivers fixed it.

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                        • L Lost User

                          Just recently some new weirdness with Windows has started happening. If I right click to bring up a context menu, often the selected item box remains on top of all other windows on the screen after it has been selected, and the operation completes. If I swipe to a different virtual desktop the box goes there as well. The only way to get rid of it is to shut down (sleep or hibernate). Anyone else seen it?

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                          Lost User
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                          A classic case of bit-rot. Try The Bit Recycler : Toggle Booleans : Internet Archive[^]

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                            A classic case of bit-rot. Try The Bit Recycler : Toggle Booleans : Internet Archive[^]

                            Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.

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                            Daniel Pfeffer
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                            Do they have Win64 or Linux versions? :D

                            Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                            • L Lost User

                              Just recently some new weirdness with Windows has started happening. If I right click to bring up a context menu, often the selected item box remains on top of all other windows on the screen after it has been selected, and the operation completes. If I swipe to a different virtual desktop the box goes there as well. The only way to get rid of it is to shut down (sleep or hibernate). Anyone else seen it?

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                              Techsys Admin
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                              I would also say video drivers are most likely the culprit though poorly-written code may be assisting. Instead of rebooting, try Win+Ctrl+Shift+B to reset the graphics driver. If that resolves it, that's the culprit, IMHO.

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                                I would also say video drivers are most likely the culprit though poorly-written code may be assisting. Instead of rebooting, try Win+Ctrl+Shift+B to reset the graphics driver. If that resolves it, that's the culprit, IMHO.

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                                Lost User
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                                Thanks, I will try that next time it happens.

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                                  Just recently some new weirdness with Windows has started happening. If I right click to bring up a context menu, often the selected item box remains on top of all other windows on the screen after it has been selected, and the operation completes. If I swipe to a different virtual desktop the box goes there as well. The only way to get rid of it is to shut down (sleep or hibernate). Anyone else seen it?

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                                  obermd
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                                  Outlook has been guilty of this for over a decade.

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                                  • L Lost User

                                    Thanks for the tip I'll give it a try. The trouble is that because it is random it will not be easy to figure out when and if it is fixed. But, hey ho, as the great Charles Petzold wrote, "This is Windows, no one said it would be easy". [edit] I just started that and now I have the "Properties" item stuck on the screen. :mad: [/edit]

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                                    fatman45
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                                    Do you have Automatic Updates turned off? Because my various Windows 10 machines have all sorts of weirdness when there is a Windows Update pending, especially one that wants to restart the machine, and I ignore them for too long. I've seen the issues you are talking about only once on one machine, but on all of them I will experience keyboard and/or mouse weirdness. I used to get frustrated and curse at my machine(s), but now the first thing I do is check Windows update. Restarting and letting it update immediately cures the wonkiness.

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                                      Do you have Automatic Updates turned off? Because my various Windows 10 machines have all sorts of weirdness when there is a Windows Update pending, especially one that wants to restart the machine, and I ignore them for too long. I've seen the issues you are talking about only once on one machine, but on all of them I will experience keyboard and/or mouse weirdness. I used to get frustrated and curse at my machine(s), but now the first thing I do is check Windows update. Restarting and letting it update immediately cures the wonkiness.

                                      Da Bomb

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                                      Lost User
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                                      No. Updates are automatic and none pending as far as I am aware.

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                                      • L Lost User

                                        Just recently some new weirdness with Windows has started happening. If I right click to bring up a context menu, often the selected item box remains on top of all other windows on the screen after it has been selected, and the operation completes. If I swipe to a different virtual desktop the box goes there as well. The only way to get rid of it is to shut down (sleep or hibernate). Anyone else seen it?

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                                        AAC Tech
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                                        Yes. Another wierd one is in Windows Explorer in "List" view with several columns and you click on a program file in a column, to the right side of the open window, the columns jump over one column to the left AND does not open. This has been happening in Windows ever since I can remember. But it does not always happen!!!???

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                                          Yes. Another wierd one is in Windows Explorer in "List" view with several columns and you click on a program file in a column, to the right side of the open window, the columns jump over one column to the left AND does not open. This has been happening in Windows ever since I can remember. But it does not always happen!!!???

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                                          Interesting, but I have never seen that one. Will keep my eyes open for any future occurrences.

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