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Explorer hide feature or just a bug?


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#1 Jose_49

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 02:11

OS Tested: Windows 7 64-bit SP1

I've been wondering this for a while, but the explorer shell seems to "hide".

Argh. Let me explain:



Do this:
1. Right click the Windows Start Orb
2. Click properties.
3. Right click the close button.

Let the magic begin. Puff. Explorer appears to be gone but it doesn't


I want to know if it's just me or does anyone happen to do the same. I really don't care, on the contrary, it can become useful sometimes :p

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#2 FalsePositive

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 04:54

Can't reproduce.

#3 osuwildlifer

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 10:34

Not seeing the problem either...

#4 King Mustard

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 10:43

Not happening here.

#5 +Mephistopheles

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 10:43

I'm also unable to reproduce the problem. When did it first occur, did you make any changes to the system before it first occurred?

#6 lcg

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 10:45

I can't reproduce this either.

#7 deactivated_

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 10:45

Sure you just don't have the taskbar set to auto-hide?

#8 +goretsky

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Posted 26 May 2012 - 08:21

Hello,

I cannot reproduce this either, however, I wonder if it may be due to something such as a shell extension, desktop enhancement or even a mouse driver which performs additional operations when a click is registered.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky


#9 OP Jose_49

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Posted 28 May 2012 - 23:27

Hmmm, I don't know.... :s. Not that I really care much... I don't remember tampering with the OS though :p

#10 OP Jose_49

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Posted 28 May 2012 - 23:34

Ha! Found the "problem" I have HideWindow Plus installed. I didn't know it would hide the program when left clicked the window :p.

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