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cetkat · 06-04-2008, 02:52 AM

Compaq Presario S4020WM Desktop
Windows XP SP3 (Error also occured on SP2)
AMD Athlon Processor
S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR Card

This error only occurs on right-click popup menu selections. It happens randomly (mostly with notification bar icon menus), but it has now also occured in the Mail panel of my Opera browser when I selected "Empty trash" from the menu that drops down when you click on a folder (in this instance "Trash").

The operation completes fine, and the selection menu goes away; but my individual selection remains in a kind of stationary ghost image in the forefront of my screen above any programs. It's completely non-reactive to anything I do (like re-opening the same menu and selecting that option again). At one point I downloaded a program that registers oject positions on the screen (like open windows) and it didn't see anything there.

Here's a picture of the problem: http://s305.photobucket.com/albums/n...lMenuError.jpg

The only way I have found to get it to go away is restarting the computer.

If anyone has a fix or an idea of how to make it disappear without restarting, I'd be greatful.

06-04-2008, 02:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
cetkat Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 211 OS: XP SP3	[SOLVED] Menu Selection Gets Stuck on Screen Compaq Presario S4020WM Desktop Windows XP SP3 (Error also occured on SP2) AMD Athlon Processor S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR Card This error only occurs on right-click popup menu selections. It happens randomly (mostly with notification bar icon menus), but it has now also occured in the Mail panel of my Opera browser when I selected "Empty trash" from the menu that drops down when you click on a folder (in this instance "Trash"). The operation completes fine, and the selection menu goes away; but my individual selection remains in a kind of stationary ghost image in the forefront of my screen above any programs. It's completely non-reactive to anything I do (like re-opening the same menu and selecting that option again). At one point I downloaded a program that registers oject positions on the screen (like open windows) and it didn't see anything there. Here's a picture of the problem: http://s305.photobucket.com/albums/n...lMenuError.jpg The only way I have found to get it to go away is restarting the computer. If anyone has a fix or an idea of how to make it disappear without restarting, I'd be greatful.