IE locks with message "Contains commands for working with the ..."

[Guest Lennie]

I have copied the following from another forum - he describes perfectly what

i have been experiencing for over 6 months now and it is finally driving me

nuts...

 

"I hope someone has a suggestion/solution to this irritating problem. Before

posting

this message I searched the web for similar issues and applied what I could

from

what was suggested (re-installing IE, disabling add-ons, ...) but to no

avail.

 

The problem occurs only in IE (not Firefox) and exhibits itself randomly (it

seems):

whenever I click in the address bar or sometimes on some links within the

page

I get this message in the status bar at the bottom of the page:

 

"Contains commands for working with the selected items"

 

Sometimes repeated clicks help get out of this lock, sometimes I have to

restart

IE. In some case closing IE window from the "x" button doesn't work as I get

the same message. I have to close it through the File --> Exit menu.

 

For those who had this problem and managed to solve it your help will

be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks.......Youssef"

 

I have also used control/click with sporadic success as a workaround but

nothing seems to fully resolve this problem. Help me - this is really

annoying!

 

thank you

 

Lennie

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: IE locks with message "Contains commands for working with the ..."

 

Always state your full Windows version (e.g., WinXP SP3) and IE version

(e.g., IE7) when posting to this newsgroup, please.

 

Assuming you've allowed the IE window to load completely, the behavior could

be caused by a "sticky" ALT key.

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Lennie wrote:

> I have copied the following from another forum - he describes perfectly

> what

> i have been experiencing for over 6 months now and it is finally driving

> me

> nuts...

>

> "I hope someone has a suggestion/solution to this irritating problem.

> Before

> posting

> this message I searched the web for similar issues and applied what I

> could

> from

> what was suggested (re-installing IE, disabling add-ons, ...) but to no

> avail.

>

> The problem occurs only in IE (not Firefox) and exhibits itself randomly

> (it

> seems):

> whenever I click in the address bar or sometimes on some links within the

> page

> I get this message in the status bar at the bottom of the page:

>

> "Contains commands for working with the selected items"

>

> Sometimes repeated clicks help get out of this lock, sometimes I have to

> restart

> IE. In some case closing IE window from the "x" button doesn't work as I

> get

> the same message. I have to close it through the File --> Exit menu.

>

> For those who had this problem and managed to solve it your help will

> be greatly appreciated.

>

> Thanks.......Youssef"

>

> I have also used control/click with sporadic success as a workaround but

> nothing seems to fully resolve this problem. Help me - this is really

> annoying!

>

> thank you

>

> Lennie

[Guest Plato]

Re: IE locks with message "Contains commands for working with the ..."

 

=?Utf-8?B?TGVubmll?= wrote:

>

> The problem occurs only in IE (not Firefox) and exhibits itself randomly (it

 

Hmmm. Seems you already know the best browser to use...

 

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