Selecting multiple items by choosing first and last to include all those in between...

Hello all.
I'm familiar with how to select multiple items by using the shift key and the command key to select either individual items, or a batch of items by clicking the first to be included and the last to be included, and having all those inbetween included as well, but for some reason this is not happening when I'm trying to select files in OS Lion. Regardless if I use the shift key or the command key, only a single item is selected, and for a range of items, I must click each individually.
Is there a setting that I need to alter to select a batch? Am I missing something that they've changed from the previous OS?
Thank you for your help!

I can confirm that does still work in Lion as you describe, but at the moment, no fix to offer. I'm not aware of any setting. It just supose to work.
I did find this article which may help.  But proceed at you own risk in deleting .plist files. It may do the trick, but also cause you to reset certain key functions.
A simple thing to try first is to repair permissions. .../Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.  Select your Volume/Repair Permissions

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