IE acting like shift key being held down...

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On a couple different machines here at work and one at home, Internet
explorer is randomly acting like the shift key is being held down when it is
not. So it will highlight the page and when you click links it will open
them in a new window. Is there a fix for this?

Thanks
 
Hi,
Modifier keys like Shift and Ctrl can get stuck (not physically- but in a
software/electronic way) Sometimes this "sticking " will even persist
through restarts. Try tapping the key a few times.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]
 
hey,

I appreciate the quick tip. It does work to hit the shift key once or twice
and it turns the "software" shift function off.

I am wondering though, is there a permanent fix to this as i am not in the
mood to deal with this issue anymore on the VERY regular basis that its
occuring. Does Microsoft have something that will take care of this? Not
everyone is having this problem, so why am I on multiple machines here at
work?

Thanks

Don Varnau said:
Hi,
Modifier keys like Shift and Ctrl can get stuck (not physically- but in a
software/electronic way) Sometimes this "sticking " will even persist
through restarts. Try tapping the key a few times.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

El Guapo said:
On a couple different machines here at work and one at home, Internet
explorer is randomly acting like the shift key is being held down when it is
not. So it will highlight the page and when you click links it will open
them in a new window. Is there a fix for this?

Thanks
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Hi,
I experience this at home once or twice per year. If it were happening very
often, I'd replace the keyboard.

Don
[MS MVP- IE]
 
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