I've set (cua-mode t) in my ~/.emacs in GNU Emacs 24.2 on Windows XP. However, when (with nothing selected) I type shift-up or shift-down no new selection is started, which is not the CUA behaviour as seen in MS Notepad, Eclipse etc. If I type shift-left/right then shift-up/down then indeed a new selection is created and extended as I continue to type shift-up/down.
Now, in Emacs 23.1 the initialisation sequence:
(pc-selection-mode)
(load "cua-mode")
(CUA-mode t)
did exhibit the expected behaviour, but all that is now obsolete AFAICS. So, any ideas on how to get the initial shift-selection working as in other Windows apps?