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Old August 7th 14, 08:40 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-xp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Java Jive
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On Thu, 7 Aug 2014 18:56:05 +0200, "R.Wieser"
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Java Jive,

TBH, I can't believe you didn't know that ...


How ?


It's something so basic that I would have guessed that 99.9% of people
would learn when they first encounter Windows.

For example, the first hit for "copy files in explorer" plus following
one link gives:
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/window...windows-xp.htm

Its not something your computer will tell, or even hint you about,


I've known about it so long that I can't remember for sure where I
learnt it, but I suspect that it goes right back to File Manager in
Windows 2 or 3. I learnt the vast majority of early Windows use from
the Help Pages of Windows 3.1, and I suspect that's where I learnt
that from as well. However, I've just checked the bundled Help pages
for both Windows 2000 and XP, and you're right, there's absolutely no
mention of it! All of which goes to prove that with each successive
version of Windows, the Help pages have become less helpful (as well
as the GUI becoming less ergonomically efficient).

Did you forget all about
it ? whistle :-p


I've been using PCs since my first which was a 286, so for about 30
years, and even now with my memory getting shakier than it was, I
don't find myself forgetting such very basic things.

You should resist trying to drag others down to your own level as a
way of trying to win an argument, frankly, it just makes you look
dumb. The more especially so when there isn't really an argument to
win - all that has happened is that by some obscure twist of fate
you never discovered something that most others learn very quickly,
but now you have. There's no harm in that. My original remark was
intended to convey extreme surprise rather than condemnation.
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