Unable to select desktop icons after sleep.

Looks like another possible bug. When I wake my G5 from sleep, sometimes I cannot select any of the desktop icons. If I go into the View settings and change the icons layout - like text below or to the right, I can access them all again.

Adam van Gaalen wrote:
The top of this page says there are 2 helpfull answers, but where do I find those???
Good question! That line actually means that the original poster of this thread can award "helpful" status to up to two messages that people submit as answers to the topic question.
I can definitely see how you misread it that there are two helpful answers available on the board somewhere, though....

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