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Can't make multiple selections with CTRL-Click in FH 6.2.7 running under Win10 and VMware Fusion

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Hi all

The subject lines says it all. I find I can't make multiple selections using Control OR command OR Option-Control + mouse click in FH running under Windows 10 on a Mac and VMware Fusion.

I could do this previously, but not now. Anyone have this issue - or even better, does anyone have a solution?

With thanks in advance
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Re: Can't make multiple selections with CTRL-Click in FH 6.2.7 running under Win10 and VMware Fusion

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There is no problem in native FH v6.2.7 in native Windows 10 v1803 so I suspect VMware Fusion.

That is a fairly rare configuration, so I doubt if many, if any, other users have that setup.

As usual with things that once worked and now don't work, the question is what changed in between?
Have any of Windows 10 or VMware Fusion or the Mac OS been updated since it last worked?

Have you any other apps you can check that form of multiple selection?
e.g. In Windows 10 File Explorer can you multi-select files?

It may be a matter of software forensics to discover by trial and error what works and what does not in different apps.
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Re: Can't make multiple selections with CTRL-Click in FH 6.2.7 running under Win10 and VMware Fusion

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Shane,

See - http://vcdx56.com/2019/01/vmware-fusion ... t-working/ - Hopefully it might provide the solution, but I don't use VMWare so can't test.

Apple have upped their system security in recent OS updates, including introducing 'software notarization' whatever that might mean, which seems to have limited the initial usability of some third party apps including virtualisation software, so you may need to check security settings after any significant OS update. Much the same for recent Windows 10 releases where Micosoft's own vritualisation software (built in to PRO versions of Windows 10) seems to be on a mission to block the functionality of as much third party software as it possibly can.

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Re: Can't make multiple selections with CTRL-Click in FH 6.2.7 running under Win10 and VMware Fusion

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I noticed the same today after updating VirtualBox yesterday (I wonder if they are using the same base) I did, however, manage to do multi select with the mouse and the shift key.
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Re: Can't make multiple selections with CTRL-Click in FH 6.2.7 running under Win10 and VMware Fusion

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tatewise wrote:There is no problem in native FH v6.2.7 in native Windows 10 v1803 so I suspect VMware Fusion.

That is a fairly rare configuration, so I doubt if many, if any, other users have that setup.

As usual with things that once worked and now don't work, the question is what changed in between?
Have any of Windows 10 or VMware Fusion or the Mac OS been updated since it last worked?

Have you any other apps you can check that form of multiple selection?
e.g. In Windows 10 File Explorer can you multi-select files?

It may be a matter of software forensics to discover by trial and error what works and what does not in different apps.
Thanks Mike.

I can do multiple selections in File Explorer and indeed, I can do multiple selections everywhere in FH except Record Links.

Any suggestions are welcome as I'm stumped!

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Re: Can't make multiple selections with CTRL-Click in FH 6.2.7 running under Win10 and VMware Fusion

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mjashby wrote:Shane,

See - http://vcdx56.com/2019/01/vmware-fusion ... t-working/ - Hopefully it might provide the solution, but I don't use VMWare so can't test.

Apple have upped their system security in recent OS updates, including introducing 'software notarization' whatever that might mean, which seems to have limited the initial usability of some third party apps including virtualisation software, so you may need to check security settings after any significant OS update. Much the same for recent Windows 10 releases where Micosoft's own vritualisation software (built in to PRO versions of Windows 10) seems to be on a mission to block the functionality of as much third party software as it possibly can.

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Thanks Mervyn.

Yes, I'd looked at that previously and even went back, deleted VMF and re-included it. No good I'm afraid.

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Re: Can't make multiple selections with CTRL-Click in FH 6.2.7 running under Win10 and VMware Fusion

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Valkrider wrote:I noticed the same today after updating VirtualBox yesterday (I wonder if they are using the same base) I did, however, manage to do multi select with the mouse and the shift key.
Thanks Colin

As you'll see from my other posts, this issue is specific to one list (Record Links) in FH.

Weird!

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Can you clarify what you mean by the Record Links list?
Are you referring to the list obtained by selecting a single record and then using View > Record Links? In that list of links it has never been possible to select more than one record because the Go To action opens the Property Box for the selected record and you cannot have multiple Property Boxes open.
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Re: Can't make multiple selections with CTRL-Click in FH 6.2.7 running under Win10 and VMware Fusion

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LornaCraig wrote:Can you clarify what you mean by the Record Links list?
Are you referring to the list obtained by selecting a single record and then using View > Record Links? In that list of links it has never been possible to select more than one record because the Go To action opens the Property Box for the selected record and you cannot have multiple Property Boxes open.
Thanks Lorna - and everyone. I appreciate the advice.

I've been trying to follow a YouTube video's process for merging duplicated families, but it turns out there's a much simpler method - presumably due to updates to FH.

All's well now.

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