[Bug 266477] New: kde-4-win changed gui desktop/explorer behavior, problems w/ minimizing & start menu

[kderror.3.dirnsa at dfgh.net]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=266477

           Summary: kde-4-win changed gui desktop/explorer behavior,
                    problems w/ minimizing & start menu
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: MS Windows
        OS/Version: MS Windows
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: kderror.3.dirnsa at dfgh.net


Version:           unspecified (using KDE 4.5.4) 
OS:                MS Windows

After much reading and deliberation, installed latest stable release this
morning from columbia.edu mirror, using installer, on a win7 home edition box.
Selected full install of all packages/binaries. Comodo firewall (5.3.17)threw
lots of warnings during install - clicked through. Went OK. (Konquerer crashed
within first 5 min, but no biggie. Kigo failed due to lack of back-end,
whatever.) Was still going to keep install.
Then found that windows explorer was behaving oddly. Minimized windows did not
appear on the taskbar as usual, but floating above it on the desktop, such that
the buttons could not be accessed nor selected when any app was maximized.
Furthermore, the start menu no longer appeared by hovering the cursor over the
start button, but now had to be clicked (problem since such clicking launches
Classic Shell 2.9.2 on my machine, which I don't always want). Found no
settings to adjust.
Researched symptoms online, found virus warnings, opted for win7 system restore
which wiped kde off my machine. Everything works properly again. Whew! 



Reproducible: Didn't try




While the problem did not itself cause data loss as far as I know, it did
require a system restore to restore normal functionality, which caused the loss
of kde itself, and who knows what else. Too bad, I had hoped kde was ready for
"prime time". Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Perhaps I'll give it
another chance in a few more years.

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