Guest Oz Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Hi Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of files to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated Thankyou Mark
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Copy Files "Oz" <Oz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of files > to say NO TO ALL. Nope. This doesn't make any sense and "a lot of files" is not a criteria being available as an option. -- d-d
Guest kim Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Copy Files if there is an option when copying a lot of files to say NO TO ALL. Yes don`t copy them in the first place.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Copy Files "Oz" <Oz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:03433E58-33B6-4FF3-9087-6BFCD5F4CF2A@microsoft.com... > Hi > Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of > files > to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated > Thankyou > Mark You cannot do it in a GUI environment but you could certainly do it with a batch file.
Guest Oz Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Copy Files "Detlev Dreyer" wrote: > "Oz" <Oz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > > Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of files > > to say NO TO ALL. > > Nope. This doesn't make any sense and "a lot of files" is not a criteria > being available as an option. > > -- > d-d HI, Sorry I tried to make my message as short as possible and made it too short... what I meant to say is... When copying a folder to another folder with the same name and most of the files are identical it says it will replace the 1's with the same name and do I still wish to copy or move the folder and files.. there are 4 option tabs [yes] [yes to all] [no] and [cancel]... is there a way I can get an option that says [no to all]..... as I only want to copy the new files within this folder to a storage drive with the same folder and files. Aploogies for not explaining myself properly...Can you help Thankyou Mark
Guest VanguardLH Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Copy Files "Oz" wrote in message news:03433E58-33B6-4FF3-9087-6BFCD5F4CF2A@microsoft.com... > Hi > Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot > of files > to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated > Thankyou > Mark Use the [x]copy command from within a DOS shell. Run "[x]copy /?" to see the options, like the /Y switch.
Guest VanguardLH Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Copy Files "Oz" <Oz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:03433E58-33B6-4FF3-9087-6BFCD5F4CF2A@microsoft.com... > Hi > Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot > of files > to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated > Thankyou > Mark You could delete/rename the target folder and then copy the source folder under the name of the old target folder.
Guest VanguardLH Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Copy Files "Oz" <Oz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:03433E58-33B6-4FF3-9087-6BFCD5F4CF2A@microsoft.com... > Hi > Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot > of files > to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated > Thankyou > Mark You could use Microsoft's SyncToy utility, especially if you need to resync them again later.
Guest mr x Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Copy Files "Oz" <Oz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:03433E58-33B6-4FF3-9087-6BFCD5F4CF2A@microsoft.com... > Hi > Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of > files > to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated > Thankyou > Mark just hold down ctrl key, click on or off selected files, then drag n drop.
Guest ... et al. Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Copy Files > "Oz" <Oz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >> Hi >> Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of >> files >> to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated >> Thankyou Does the surmised dialog-window not have a [Cancel]-button? -- Nah-ah. I'm staying out of this. ... Now, here's my opinion. Please followup in the newsgroup. E-mail address is invalid due to spam-control.
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Re: Copy Files "Oz" <Oz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >>> Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of files >>> to say NO TO ALL. >> >> Nope. This doesn't make any sense and "a lot of files" is not a criteria >> being available as an option. > > HI, > Sorry I tried to make my message as short as possible and made it too > short... what I meant to say is... When copying a folder to another folder > with the same name and most of the files are identical it says it will > replace the 1's with the same name and do I still wish to copy or move the > folder and files.. there are 4 option tabs [yes] [yes to all] [no] and > [cancel]... is there a way I can get an option that says [no to all]..... as > I only want to copy the new files within this folder to a storage drive with > the same folder and files. > Aploogies for not explaining myself properly...Can you help Neither the Windows Explorer nor the old File Manager (Winfile.exe) have that option. Third-party file managers may or may not have that option, however, I do not use any of them. -- d-d
Guest Thomas G. Marshall Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Re: Copy Files "VanguardLH" <VanguardLH@mail.invalid> wrote in message news:%23UmPZG99HHA.5464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "Oz" wrote in message > news:03433E58-33B6-4FF3-9087-6BFCD5F4CF2A@microsoft.com... >> Hi >> Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of >> files >> to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated >> Thankyou >> Mark > > > Use the [x]copy command from within a DOS shell. Run "[x]copy /?" to see > the options, like the /Y switch. I have the same need as the OP but for large numbers of files, and large-ish data size (multiple gigs that I'm transferring over the network). Not one of those xcopy options (that I can see) are appropriate. /Y - No, that does the opposite of what is needed /-Y - No, that only offers (Yes/No/All) and no "NoToAll" option. Cygwin's (think unix) cp command can do it, but I'll have to get clever with xargs because the number of files exceeds the number of argumentes allowable.
Guest Thomas G. Marshall Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Re: Copy Files "VanguardLH" <VanguardLH@mail.invalid> wrote in message news:uPIrxG99HHA.1212@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > "Oz" <Oz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:03433E58-33B6-4FF3-9087-6BFCD5F4CF2A@microsoft.com... >> Hi >> Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of >> files >> to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated >> Thankyou >> Mark > > > You could delete/rename the target folder and then copy the source folder > under the name of the old target folder. Completely non-solution. It would require the copying everything, and if there were files in folder 2 that weren't in folder 1 you'd end up with 2 folders you'd have to keep around.
Guest Thomas G. Marshall Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Re: Copy Files "... et al." <look@sig.bcause.this.is.invalid> wrote in message news:XWXGi.8863$ZA.4581@newsb.telia.net... >> "Oz" <Oz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of >>> files >>> to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated >>> Thankyou > > Does the surmised dialog-window not have a [Cancel]-button? That cancels out the entire copy. I need to bring over only the files that don't exist in the destination folder. I could sit there and click "No" for every one of the 1000+ files, which is silly.
Guest Thomas G. Marshall Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Re: Copy Files "mr x" <boomshaka@@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uQWGi.98985$xp6.38016@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk... > > "Oz" <Oz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:03433E58-33B6-4FF3-9087-6BFCD5F4CF2A@microsoft.com... >> Hi >> Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of >> files >> to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated >> Thankyou >> Mark > > just hold down ctrl key, click on or off selected files, then drag n > drop. I need to move 1000+ files.
Guest VanguardLH Posted September 16, 2007 Posted September 16, 2007 Re: Copy Files "Thomas G. Marshall" wrote ... > > I need to move 1000+ files. Well, besides my 1 remaining recommendation that you didn't shoot down, you could also use robocopy (in the Resource Kit) to synchronize folders. xxcopy is another solution for synchronizing folders. Don't know the differences between the freeware and paid Pro versions of xxcopy but their terse description looks like the freeware version probably still includes the folder synchronization.
Guest Thomas G. Marshall Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Copy Files "VanguardLH" <VanguardLH@mail.invalid> wrote in message news:Ojr7uxL%23HHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "Thomas G. Marshall" wrote ... >> >> I need to move 1000+ files. > > > Well, besides my 1 remaining recommendation that you didn't shoot down, > you could also use robocopy (in the Resource Kit) to synchronize folders. > xxcopy is another solution for synchronizing folders. Don't know the > differences between the freeware and paid Pro versions of xxcopy but their > terse description looks like the freeware version probably still includes > the folder synchronization. Terse is right....I /think/ that the pro version is identical, but is licensed for corporate use. Dunno.
Guest VanguardLH Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Copy Files "Thomas G. Marshall" wrote ... > > "VanguardLH" wrote ... >> >> "Thomas G. Marshall" wrote ... >>> >>> I need to move 1000+ files. >> >> Well, besides my 1 remaining recommendation that you didn't shoot >> down, you could also use robocopy (in the Resource Kit) to >> synchronize folders. xxcopy is another solution for synchronizing >> folders. Don't know the differences between the freeware and paid >> Pro versions of xxcopy but their terse description looks like the >> freeware version probably still includes the folder >> synchronization. > > Terse is right....I /think/ that the pro version is identical, but > is licensed for corporate use. There was mention that the Pro (paid) version included some networking support. If that's the only difference, and because you probably want to run xxcopy locally on your own host, it doesn't appear you lose anything by using the freebie version. And since it is free, you could just go try it to see if it works for you - assuming you don't want to first try robocopy or SyncToy.
Guest Bob I Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Copy Files Hold down the Shift key when you click "No". Oz wrote: > Hi > Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of files > to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated > Thankyou > Mark
Guest Thomas G. Marshall Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Re: Copy Files "Detlev Dreyer" <detdreyer@flashmail.com> wrote in message news:20b20fe84738efeacf946215d3ee1986@d-d.mvps.org... > "Oz" <Oz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >>>> Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of >>>> files >>>> to say NO TO ALL. >>> >>> Nope. This doesn't make any sense and "a lot of files" is not a criteria >>> being available as an option. >> >> HI, >> Sorry I tried to make my message as short as possible and made it too >> short... what I meant to say is... When copying a folder to another >> folder >> with the same name and most of the files are identical it says it will >> replace the 1's with the same name and do I still wish to copy or move >> the >> folder and files.. there are 4 option tabs [yes] [yes to all] [no] and >> [cancel]... is there a way I can get an option that says [no to all]..... >> as >> I only want to copy the new files within this folder to a storage drive >> with >> the same folder and files. >> Aploogies for not explaining myself properly...Can you help > > Neither the Windows Explorer nor the old File Manager (Winfile.exe) have > that option. Not true. NICE---> Kelly's response is correct: Shift-Click on No will make it an effective "No to All". I cannot find this documented anywhere though, but I get lost when searching within microsoft.com. ....[snip]...
Guest Thomas G. Marshall Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Re: Copy Files "Thomas G. Marshall" <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:5m_Hi.6291$6B2.5914@trndny04... > > "Detlev Dreyer" <detdreyer@flashmail.com> wrote in message > news:20b20fe84738efeacf946215d3ee1986@d-d.mvps.org... >> "Oz" <Oz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >>>>> Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of >>>>> files >>>>> to say NO TO ALL. >>>> >>>> Nope. This doesn't make any sense and "a lot of files" is not a >>>> criteria >>>> being available as an option. >>> >>> HI, >>> Sorry I tried to make my message as short as possible and made it too >>> short... what I meant to say is... When copying a folder to another >>> folder >>> with the same name and most of the files are identical it says it will >>> replace the 1's with the same name and do I still wish to copy or move >>> the >>> folder and files.. there are 4 option tabs [yes] [yes to all] [no] and >>> [cancel]... is there a way I can get an option that says [no to >>> all]..... as >>> I only want to copy the new files within this folder to a storage drive >>> with >>> the same folder and files. >>> Aploogies for not explaining myself properly...Can you help >> >> Neither the Windows Explorer nor the old File Manager (Winfile.exe) have >> that option. > > Not true. NICE---> Kelly's response is correct: Shift-Click on No will > make it an effective "No to All". I cannot find this documented anywhere > though, but I get lost when searching within microsoft.com. ....or in this thread, it was "Bob I" who said it... This seems like a bit of a fundamental ability that so many windows folk did not know of. I have to wonder what other abilities does explorer have that folks don't know about...
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Re: Copy Files "Thomas G. Marshall" <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com> wrote: >>> Sorry I tried to make my message as short as possible and made it too >>> short... what I meant to say is... When copying a folder to another folder >>> with the same name and most of the files are identical it says it will >>> replace the 1's with the same name and do I still wish to copy or move the >>> folder and files.. there are 4 option tabs [yes] [yes to all] [no] and >>> [cancel]... is there a way I can get an option that says [no to all]..... as >>> I only want to copy the new files within this folder to a storage drive with >>> the same folder and files. >>> Aploogies for not explaining myself properly...Can you help >> >> Neither the Windows Explorer nor the old File Manager (Winfile.exe) have >> that option. > > Not true. NICE---> Kelly's response is correct: There is no response from Kelly in this thread. > Shift-Click on No will make it an effective "No to All". This is an effective "No to All" when selecting files only. Excerpt from the message that I was replying to: | When copying a folder to another folder with the same name and most of | the files are identical it says it will replace the 1's with the same name Shift-Click on "No" does not work that way with folders. > I cannot find this documented anywhere though, but I get lost when > searching within microsoft.com. That tip was widely spread by computer magazines. "Just Say No to All" http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2106p154id110334.htm -- d-d
Guest Nightowl Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Re: Copy Files I found this at: http://www.dostips.com/DtTipsCopy.php "3. Copy new files only" for /f %%a in ('xcopy "%source%" "%destination%" /L /Y') do ( if not exist "%destination%.\%%~nxa" xcopy "%%a" "%destination%" /Y ) Description: XCOPY’s /L option will not perform the actual copy but will list the files that would be copied without the /L option. The resulting file list can be used to perform further checks before the actual copy. In this example a FOR command parses the resulting file list and runs an additional if not exist check in order to make sure that no file gets overwritten. source can be a file mask e.g.: *.*, my*.*, my*.log, directory\*.* destination can be a directory e.g.: ., directory Might this do what you want? Thomas G. Marshall <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com> wrote on Sun, 16 Sep 2007: > >"VanguardLH" <VanguardLH@mail.invalid> wrote in message >news:%23UmPZG99HHA.5464@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> "Oz" wrote in message >> news:03433E58-33B6-4FF3-9087-6BFCD5F4CF2A@microsoft.com... >>> Hi >>> Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of >>> files >>> to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated >>> Thankyou >>> Mark >> >> >> Use the [x]copy command from within a DOS shell. Run "[x]copy /?" to see >> the options, like the /Y switch. > >I have the same need as the OP but for large numbers of files, and large-ish >data size (multiple gigs that I'm transferring over the network). > >Not one of those xcopy options (that I can see) are appropriate. > >/Y - No, that does the opposite of what is needed >/-Y - No, that only offers (Yes/No/All) and no "NoToAll" option. > >Cygwin's (think unix) cp command can do it, but I'll have to get clever with >xargs because the number of files exceeds the number of argumentes >allowable. > > > -- Nightowl
Guest Thomas G. Marshall Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Re: Copy Files "Detlev Dreyer" <detdreyer@flashmail.com> wrote in message news:b4733be27eda17e52cd924d548ad6f2d@d-d.mvps.org... > "Thomas G. Marshall" > <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com> wrote: > >>>> Sorry I tried to make my message as short as possible and made it too >>>> short... what I meant to say is... When copying a folder to another >>>> folder >>>> with the same name and most of the files are identical it says it will >>>> replace the 1's with the same name and do I still wish to copy or move >>>> the >>>> folder and files.. there are 4 option tabs [yes] [yes to all] [no] and >>>> [cancel]... is there a way I can get an option that says [no to >>>> all]..... as >>>> I only want to copy the new files within this folder to a storage drive >>>> with >>>> the same folder and files. >>>> Aploogies for not explaining myself properly...Can you help >>> >>> Neither the Windows Explorer nor the old File Manager (Winfile.exe) have >>> that option. >> >> Not true. NICE---> Kelly's response is correct: > > There is no response from Kelly in this thread. Right, it was another thread. I correct that with a followup post. > >> Shift-Click on No will make it an effective "No to All". > > This is an effective "No to All" when selecting files only. Excerpt from > the message that I was replying to: > > | When copying a folder to another folder with the same name and most of > | the files are identical it says it will replace the 1's with the same > name > > Shift-Click on "No" does not work that way with folders. Fair enough. Thanks! ....[snip]...
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