Decided to Ask Here before Troubleshooting - Pointing Devices Acting Strange XY Only

[Dustydog]

This doesn't happen with fresh;
I don't think I changed any settings recently.
XY is acting like the ctrl button is down on a left click - which ofc is an enormous pain for not deselecting all by clicking white space, etc.
I disabled any startup item that might affect XY. But then, if it were an outside program, it would likely affect fresh; as well.

Any ideas what might be causing this? It only happens in XY.

(I guess I did up the number of folders that would have the size/count cached awhile ago, but it was working fine.)

*bangs head against computer*

And yes, the computer recently underwent an exorcism, so no, it isn't possessed by demons.

[jupe]

Could it have anything to do with that AHK script you just posted?, maybe that is active holding the RCtrl down and so when you run fresh; it works because the script is already active in the first window?

I'm only guessing though, but I would make sure no AHK scripts are running in the BG as my first troubleshooting step, if you haven't already.

[Dustydog]

Nope. That's been running forever. Besides, I disabled it just in case because it affects XY only.

[Dustydog]

Apparently, it had something to do with the picture viewer (etc.) XNViewMP (32-bit) which I was giving a tryout in the open with menu. After deleting it with Revo Uninstaller - blasted thing works again. Go figure. (I also tried resetting the folder size caching to default, but it didn't seem to affect it, though I didn't try it for very long.)

Sometimes I really hate computers - though I love XY!

Sorry to bug everyone.

Suppose I'll leave this thread here in case it happens to anyone else.

[Dustydog]

Does anyone have a suggestion on the max reasonable setting (I'd like it as large as possible without using up too much memory or whatever) to set the number of folders cached?

[jupe]

FYI if you weren't aware already the default is internally limited to 10,000, personally I'd just leave that.

[Dustydog]

Thanks for reminding me of the number. I'll try doubling it first and putting a few exclusions and see if it makes trouble, then sneak it up again. If I cached every folder that's ever accessed by XY, I've got something like a quarter of a million according to "Everything", lol.

You wouldn't, perchance, mind reminding me of the syntax for exclusions, would you? I assume it's paths in quotes separated by semicolons?

And what would be the best way to exclude a network share from a mapped drive? Just the letter?

[jupe]

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    + Folder Size Caching: Added a tweak to exclude specific locations, 
      separated by "|", from Folder Size Caching. For example:
        CacheFolderSizesExclude=F:\Downloads|T:\
      Note that also all sub folders of those locations are automatically 
      excluded.

[Dustydog]

Thank you, jupe, you've been extremely helpful (and time saving).

[Dustydog]

Used a USB utility from Nirsoft that shows when something was plugged in and the drivers installed. Apparently, a family member plugged in an off-brand mouse into my computer recently. Once I uninstalled the USB driver with the utility (I don't usually use a mouse, and if I do, it's Bluetooth), the problem finally stopped. The other things I thought related were simply victims of it being an intermittent problem. Big Cache - OK. Incomprehensible-seeming relation to a photo program - ridiculous. I checked the utility almost on a whim, just to make sure, and yep, there it was.

All hail to Nirsoft. (Sometimes it's astonishing to me the amount of random computer knowledge required to just keep a Windows computer functioning normally. Sometimes it makes Arch Linux look tempting - at least locating the problems would probably be better documented, plus source code.)

Still don't know why fresh; worked OK. *sigh*

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