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These are the keyboard combinations for Windows Explorer tree controls:
Key Combination Resulting Action
F4 Selects the Go To a Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the
toolbar is active in Windows Explorer).
F5 Refreshes the current window.
F6 Moves among panes in Windows Explorer.
Ctrl+G Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only).
Ctrl+Z Undoes the last command.
Ctrl+A Selects all the items in the current window.
Backspace Switches to the parent folder.
Shift+click Selects the close button. (For folders, it closes the current folder plus all parent folders.)
These are the general folder and Windows Explorer shortcuts for a selected object:
Key Combination Resulting Action
This loads the DOS mouse driver into RAM when you boot the computer. One long-time problem
with mouse drivers has been the amount of conventional memory (memory below 640KB) used by
the mouse driver.
One of the biggest problems with the separate mouse driver is getting it loaded into an upper memory
block (UMB) to free up conventional memory. The older Microsoft mouse drivers—versions 9.0 and
earlier—require a large block of 40KB–56KB UMB to load; upon loading, they shrink down to less
than 20KB. Even though they take only 20KB or less after loading, you still need a very large area to
get them “in the door.”
The best tip I can give you for these separate drivers is to use the newest drivers available from
Microsoft or Logitech because they use less conventional memory than earlier versions. If you need
just the MS-DOS mouse drivers, you can download version 11.00 or above from the Microsoft Web
site. The IntelliPoint driver for 32-bit versions of Windows also includes MS-DOS driver support.
Logitech’s MOUSE.EXE MS-DOS mouse driver also can be loaded into UMBs, and all current versions
of MouseWare (6.43 and above) include the CLOAKING.EXE device driver to enable the Logitech
mouse driver to be loaded into extended memory to save even more conventional/UMB space. See
the Readme.txt file included in the Windows 3.1 folder of the MouseWare CD-ROM for details.
Keep in mind that you can use only serial or PS/2 port mice with MS-DOS; USB mice will not work.
Also, all mice are treated as two-button mice by the MS-DOS drivers unless you install Logitech menu
software to activate the middle button. (For more information, see the section “Taking Advantage of
Unused Upper Memory,” in Chapter 6, “Memory.”)
After placing the proper driver load command in your CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT file, reboot the
system with the mouse connected and ensure the driver loads properly. If the proper command is in
place and the driver is not loading, watch your video screen as your system boots. At some point, you
should see a message from the mouse driver indicating that it is loaded. If you see a message indicat-
ing that the driver failed to load, you must determine why. For example, the driver might not be
capable of loading because not enough memory is available. After you determine why the driver is
not loading, you need to rectify the situation and make sure the driver loads.