Guest Paul Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 I dragged a folder from my D-drive to a memstick drive. Like all other Microsoft Windows systems I used, I expected this drag to copy the folder. Instead, it moved the folder. How can I get the copying behaviour that I'm more use to? I know that Ctrl-drag performs the copying that I want, but I consider it unsafe to have move behaviour in response to an action that normally performs a copy.
Guest Bob I Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 Re: Folder moves between drives rather than copies R-click, drag and drop, pick operation desired from the menu. Paul wrote: > I dragged a folder from my D-drive to a memstick drive. Like all > other Microsoft Windows systems I used, I expected this drag to copy > the folder. Instead, it moved the folder. How can I get the copying > behaviour that I'm more use to? I know that Ctrl-drag performs the > copying that I want, but I consider it unsafe to have move behaviour > in response to an action that normally performs a copy.
Guest Terry R. Posted August 28, 2008 Posted August 28, 2008 Re: Folder moves between drives rather than copies The date and time was 8/28/2008 10:32 AM, and on a whim, Paul pounded out on the keyboard: > I dragged a folder from my D-drive to a memstick drive. Like all > other Microsoft Windows systems I used, I expected this drag to copy > the folder. Instead, it moved the folder. How can I get the copying > behaviour that I'm more use to? I know that Ctrl-drag performs the > copying that I want, but I consider it unsafe to have move behaviour > in response to an action that normally performs a copy. Right click and drag. That way you'll always get a dialog box to ask you what to do. No mistakes. -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Guest Anteaus Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 RE: Folder moves between drives rather than copies http://altap.cz Salamander can be configured not to do this silly "copy/move/shortcut lotto" - though why MS will not remove (or allow turning off of) this behavior from Windows itself I do not understand. There is nothing worse than an action whose outcome cannot be reliably predicted. "Paul" wrote: > I dragged a folder from my D-drive to a memstick drive. Like all > other Microsoft Windows systems I used, I expected this drag to copy > the folder. Instead, it moved the folder. How can I get the copying > behaviour that I'm more use to? I know that Ctrl-drag performs the > copying that I want, but I consider it unsafe to have move behaviour > in response to an action that normally performs a copy. >
Guest Paul Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Re: Folder moves between drives rather than copies On Aug 28, 1:32 pm, Paul <Paul.Domas...@gmail.com> wrote: > I dragged a folder from my D-drive to a memstick drive. Like all > other Microsoft Windows systems I used, I expected this drag to copy > the folder. Instead, it moved the folder. How can I get the copying > behaviour that I'm more use to? I know that Ctrl-drag performs the > copying that I want, but I consider it unsafe to have move behaviour > in response to an action that normally performs a copy. On Aug 28, 1:44 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: > R-click, drag and drop, pick operation desired from the menu. On Aug 28, 1:48 pm, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: > Right click and drag. That way you'll always get a dialog box to ask > you what to do. No mistakes. Bob, Terry, Is there no way to get rid of the anomalous behaviour with Ctrl- LeftClick-Drag, and get the proper behaviour for that action? File- move is not the normal response. From my experience, there is a normal response (that being File-copy).
Guest Bob I Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Re: Folder moves between drives rather than copies Paul wrote: > On Aug 28, 1:32 pm, Paul <Paul.Domas...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>I dragged a folder from my D-drive to a memstick drive. Like all >>other Microsoft Windows systems I used, I expected this drag to copy >>the folder. Instead, it moved the folder. How can I get the copying >>behaviour that I'm more use to? I know that Ctrl-drag performs the >>copying that I want, but I consider it unsafe to have move behaviour >>in response to an action that normally performs a copy. > > > On Aug 28, 1:44 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>R-click, drag and drop, pick operation desired from the menu. > > > On Aug 28, 1:48 pm, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: > >>Right click and drag. That way you'll always get a dialog box to ask >>you what to do. No mistakes. > > > Bob, Terry, > > Is there no way to get rid of the anomalous behaviour with Ctrl- > LeftClick-Drag, and get the proper behaviour for that action? File- > move is not the normal response. From my experience, there is a > normal response (that being File-copy). We don't know what you have done to your system to break it, alter it. So, we offer a method that bypasses the issue completely.
Guest Terry R. Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Re: Folder moves between drives rather than copies The date and time was 8/29/2008 9:23 AM, and on a whim, Paul pounded out on the keyboard: > On Aug 28, 1:32 pm, Paul <Paul.Domas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I dragged a folder from my D-drive to a memstick drive. Like all >> other Microsoft Windows systems I used, I expected this drag to copy >> the folder. Instead, it moved the folder. How can I get the copying >> behaviour that I'm more use to? I know that Ctrl-drag performs the >> copying that I want, but I consider it unsafe to have move behaviour >> in response to an action that normally performs a copy. > > On Aug 28, 1:44 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> R-click, drag and drop, pick operation desired from the menu. > > On Aug 28, 1:48 pm, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: >> Right click and drag. That way you'll always get a dialog box to ask >> you what to do. No mistakes. > > Bob, Terry, > > Is there no way to get rid of the anomalous behaviour with Ctrl- > LeftClick-Drag, and get the proper behaviour for that action? File- > move is not the normal response. From my experience, there is a > normal response (that being File-copy). Hi Paul, The Windows default behavior for left click and drag: On the same drive but to a different folder- MOVE On another drive - COPY Ctrl left click and drag will always copy. Right click and drag will always give you options. In my opinion, Right click and drag is the failsafe way to manipulate files. -- Terry R. ***Reply Note*** Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
Guest Paul Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: Folder moves between drives rather than copies On Aug 29, 1:30 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Paul wrote: > > On Aug 28, 1:32 pm, Paul <Paul.Domas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>I dragged a folder from my D-drive to a memstick drive. Like all > >>other Microsoft Windows systems I used, I expected this drag to copy > >>the folder. Instead, it moved the folder. How can I get the copying > >>behaviour that I'm more use to? I know that Ctrl-drag performs the > >>copying that I want, but I consider it unsafe to have move behaviour > >>in response to an action that normally performs a copy. > > > On Aug 28, 1:44 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >>R-click, drag and drop, pick operation desired from the menu. > > > On Aug 28, 1:48 pm, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: > > >>Right click and drag. That way you'll always get a dialog box to ask > >>you what to do. No mistakes. > > > Bob, Terry, > > > Is there no way to get rid of the anomalous behaviour with Ctrl- > > LeftClick-Drag, and get the proper behaviour for that action? File- > > move is not the normal response. From my experience, there is a > > normal response (that being File-copy). > > We don't know what you have done to your system to break it, alter it. > So, we offer a method that bypasses the issue completely I've inheritted the system, so I guess the answer is that I haven't done anything to break it...but someone has! I was hoping to find a way to fix it, more for the sake of convenience and efficiency over right-clicking. Thanks anyway.
Guest Paul Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: Folder moves between drives rather than copies On Aug 29, 2:49 pm, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: > The date and time was 8/29/2008 9:23 AM, and on a whim, Paul pounded out > on the keyboard: > > > > > > > On Aug 28, 1:32 pm, Paul <Paul.Domas...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I dragged a folder from my D-drive to a memstick drive. Like all > >> other Microsoft Windows systems I used, I expected this drag to copy > >> the folder. Instead, it moved the folder. How can I get the copying > >> behaviour that I'm more use to? I know that Ctrl-drag performs the > >> copying that I want, but I consider it unsafe to have move behaviour > >> in response to an action that normally performs a copy. > > > On Aug 28, 1:44 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> R-click, drag and drop, pick operation desired from the menu. > > > On Aug 28, 1:48 pm, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: > >> Right click and drag. That way you'll always get a dialog box to ask > >> you what to do. No mistakes. > > > Bob, Terry, > > > Is there no way to get rid of the anomalous behaviour with Ctrl- > > LeftClick-Drag, and get the proper behaviour for that action? File- > > move is not the normal response. From my experience, there is a > > normal response (that being File-copy). > > Hi Paul, > > The Windows default behavior for left click and drag: > On the same drive but to a different folder- MOVE > On another drive - COPY > > Ctrl left click and drag will always copy. > > Right click and drag will always give you options. > > In my opinion, Right click and drag is the failsafe way to manipulate files. Understood, Terry. It seems that the method for changing the behaviour of dragging between drives a relatively obscure piece of Windows knowledge. Sigh. But thanks anyway.
Guest Bob I Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: Folder moves between drives rather than copies Paul wrote: > On Aug 29, 1:30 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>Paul wrote: >> >>>On Aug 28, 1:32 pm, Paul <Paul.Domas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>I dragged a folder from my D-drive to a memstick drive. Like all >>>>other Microsoft Windows systems I used, I expected this drag to copy >>>>the folder. Instead, it moved the folder. How can I get the copying >>>>behaviour that I'm more use to? I know that Ctrl-drag performs the >>>>copying that I want, but I consider it unsafe to have move behaviour >>>>in response to an action that normally performs a copy. >> >>>On Aug 28, 1:44 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>>>R-click, drag and drop, pick operation desired from the menu. >> >>>On Aug 28, 1:48 pm, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: >> >>>>Right click and drag. That way you'll always get a dialog box to ask >>>>you what to do. No mistakes. >> >>>Bob, Terry, >> >>>Is there no way to get rid of the anomalous behaviour with Ctrl- >>>LeftClick-Drag, and get the proper behaviour for that action? File- >>>move is not the normal response. From my experience, there is a >>>normal response (that being File-copy). >> >>We don't know what you have done to your system to break it, alter it. >>So, we offer a method that bypasses the issue completely > > > I've inheritted the system, so I guess the answer is that I haven't > done anything to break it...but someone has! I was hoping to find a > way to fix it, more for the sake of convenience and efficiency over > right-clicking. Thanks anyway. What happens on that system if you hold down Shift while doing your "move".
Guest Paul Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: Folder moves between drives rather than copies On Sep 2, 9:21 am, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Paul wrote: > > On Aug 29, 1:30 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >>Paul wrote: > > >>>On Aug 28, 1:32 pm, Paul <Paul.Domas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>>>I dragged a folder from my D-drive to a memstick drive. Like all > >>>>other Microsoft Windows systems I used, I expected this drag to copy > >>>>the folder. Instead, it moved the folder. How can I get the copying > >>>>behaviour that I'm more use to? I know that Ctrl-drag performs the > >>>>copying that I want, but I consider it unsafe to have move behaviour > >>>>in response to an action that normally performs a copy. > > >>>On Aug 28, 1:44 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >>>>R-click, drag and drop, pick operation desired from the menu. > > >>>On Aug 28, 1:48 pm, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: > > >>>>Right click and drag. That way you'll always get a dialog box to ask > >>>>you what to do. No mistakes. > > >>>Bob, Terry, > > >>>Is there no way to get rid of the anomalous behaviour with Ctrl- > >>>LeftClick-Drag, and get the proper behaviour for that action? File- > >>>move is not the normal response. From my experience, there is a > >>>normal response (that being File-copy). > > >>We don't know what you have done to your system to break it, alter it. > >>So, we offer a method that bypasses the issue completely > > > I've inheritted the system, so I guess the answer is that I haven't > > done anything to break it...but someone has! I was hoping to find a > > way to fix it, more for the sake of convenience and efficiency over > > right-clicking. Thanks anyway. > > What happens on that system if you hold down Shift while doing your "move".- Actually, I need to short-circuit your question (though your response is appreciated). I just tried Ctrl-Drag between two hard drives, and it's a Copy action. I tried variations between different hard drives and mem stick and cannot duplicate the problem. But the machine has been rebooted many times since then, and I'm not sure which account I was using when it happened. In the worst case, the problem was between the keyboard and the chair :( . Thank you all for your patient support.
Guest Bob I Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: Folder moves between drives rather than copies Paul wrote: > On Sep 2, 9:21 am, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>Paul wrote: >> >>>On Aug 29, 1:30 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>>>Paul wrote: >> >>>>>On Aug 28, 1:32 pm, Paul <Paul.Domas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>>>I dragged a folder from my D-drive to a memstick drive. Like all >>>>>>other Microsoft Windows systems I used, I expected this drag to copy >>>>>>the folder. Instead, it moved the folder. How can I get the copying >>>>>>behaviour that I'm more use to? I know that Ctrl-drag performs the >>>>>>copying that I want, but I consider it unsafe to have move behaviour >>>>>>in response to an action that normally performs a copy. >> >>>>>On Aug 28, 1:44 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>>>>>R-click, drag and drop, pick operation desired from the menu. >> >>>>>On Aug 28, 1:48 pm, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote: >> >>>>>>Right click and drag. That way you'll always get a dialog box to ask >>>>>>you what to do. No mistakes. >> >>>>>Bob, Terry, >> >>>>>Is there no way to get rid of the anomalous behaviour with Ctrl- >>>>>LeftClick-Drag, and get the proper behaviour for that action? File- >>>>>move is not the normal response. From my experience, there is a >>>>>normal response (that being File-copy). >> >>>>We don't know what you have done to your system to break it, alter it. >>>>So, we offer a method that bypasses the issue completely >> >>>I've inheritted the system, so I guess the answer is that I haven't >>>done anything to break it...but someone has! I was hoping to find a >>>way to fix it, more for the sake of convenience and efficiency over >>>right-clicking. Thanks anyway. >> >>What happens on that system if you hold down Shift while doing your "move".- > > > Actually, I need to short-circuit your question (though your response > is appreciated). I just tried Ctrl-Drag between two hard drives, and > it's a Copy action. I tried variations between different hard drives > and mem stick and cannot duplicate the problem. But the machine has > been rebooted many times since then, and I'm not sure which account I > was using when it happened. In the worst case, the problem was > between the keyboard and the chair :( . > > Thank you all for your patient support. Hey, you're most welcome. All's well that ends well! <grin>
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