Folder moves between drives rather than copies

[Guest Paul]

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]

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.]

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.

 

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[Guest Anteaus]

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]

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]

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.]

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.

 

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[Guest Paul]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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>