Left-click on file in an inactive, open folde, folder remains inac

One on of my two office PCs, both running Windows XP professional, when I
left-click on a file in an inactive but open folder, the file is highlighted
but the window does not become active at the same time. Therefore, when I
copy and paste, the previously-selected file is used rather than one I
left-clicked on.

On the second PC, the window immediately becomes active when I left-click on
a file in it. Does anyone know what I need to do to the first PC to make it
behave the same way?

Thanks,
Bruce

Single and doubleclick behavior is set in Folder Options in Control Panel.

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"Brucels" <Brucels@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> One on of my two office PCs, both running Windows XP professional, when I
> left-click on a file in an inactive but open folder, the file is
> highlighted
> but the window does not become active at the same time. Therefore, when I
> copy and paste, the previously-selected file is used rather than one I
> left-clicked on.
>
> On the second PC, the window immediately becomes active when I left-click
> on
> a file in it. Does anyone know what I need to do to the first PC to make
> it
> behave the same way?
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce

Mark,

Thank you for the suggestion, but there doesn't seem to be anything in
Folder Options that refers to this particular situation.

Bruce

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> Single and doubleclick behavior is set in Folder Options in Control Panel.
>
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> "Brucels" <Brucels@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9BCC8F60-BDF8-4F34-B7FA-D20749C7896A@microsoft.com...
> > One on of my two office PCs, both running Windows XP professional, when I
> > left-click on a file in an inactive but open folder, the file is
> > highlighted
> > but the window does not become active at the same time. Therefore, when I
> > copy and paste, the previously-selected file is used rather than one I
> > left-clicked on.
> >
> > On the second PC, the window immediately becomes active when I left-click
> > on
> > a file in it. Does anyone know what I need to do to the first PC to make
> > it
> > behave the same way?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bruce
>