On 05/04/2014 21:58, R. C. White wrote:
Hi, David.

Wolf already posted the correct procedure here two days ago:

Right-button hold, drag to destination, release, menu appears, select
what you want. Never makes a copy, and allows override of default.

This is the method that I use and it always works fine with my
78-year-old hands. ;) I use it now in Win8.1, but it also worked in
Win7 and several previous Windows versions, as I recall.

It even works with copying (or moving) multiple files. First, select
the files by using the Shift and/or Control key with the mouse. Then
click and hold the Right mouse button on any one of the highlighted
items and move it to your target. Don't rush; let Explorer show you
exactly where it proposes to put your file(s); if the target folder has
subfolders, they will appear in a moment or two. A popup will show you,
with a blue line or highlight for even more clarity, saying something
like "Copy to BACKUP". When you have the right location selected,
release the mouse button.

And even then, you have one final chance: A very reassuring popup then
appears. It offers to Copy here, Move here, Create a shortcut here - or
Cancel.

I use Copy or Cut and Paste for text and other objects, but almost never
to move or copy files or folders.

Why not use Cut & Paste, much neater and you are far less likely to drag
the files being moved to the wrong folder. The methods below apply not
only to files but to whole folders too.

Another neat method is of course to have 2 copies of Windows Explorer
open one showing the files to be moved from and the other Explorer
windows showing the folder where the files are to be moved. You then
merely highlight the files to be moved and drag them across to the
folder you want to move them to.
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choro
*****

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2012 (Build 16.4.3522.0110) in Win8.1 Pro with Media
Center


"David E. Ross" wrote in message ...

On 4/5/2014 6:14 AM, Blue wrote:
Art Todesco wrote:
As I was reading another thread, "Windows 7 Files Management Glitch" it
reminded me of a problem that I've always had with Windows 7 when
copying specific files from one directory to another or from the desktop
to another directory. I start by holding the ctrl key and left click
marking the desired files. When I've selected all the desired files, I
release the ctrl key and left click grab and drop the desired files to
the other directory. However, sometimes, as I'm holding the ctrl key
and left click selecting the files to be copied, Windows just copies
them to the original source directory with the addition of "Copy of" to
the original file name. As I said, it doesn't always happen, but it
does maybe 20% of the time, especially if a lot of files are involved.
It's a mess to clean up because I mark those "copy" file holding the
ctrl key and Windows might do it again making "copy (2) of" for the
marked files. Grrrrr. Any ideas?


Why don't you just select what you want to copy, copy it, go to where
you want it to be and paste it?



Doing exactly what you suggest, I have seen this problem with Windows 7.
I also saw this same problem with Windows XP.

I rarely select, drag, and drop. I ususally select, Copy or Cut, and
Paste. If I am selecting several objects to copy or move to a different
folder, however, I sometimes wind up with redundant copies in the source
folder. Perhaps my 70+ years old hand is not sufficiently steady, but I
don't know how to compensate within Windows.