Ken, never have to struggle to remember again ("what happens when you
left-click") if you can remember this! :-

[Ctrl] = To COPY source (remember : Ctrl or [C]trl as in [C]opy)
[Shift] = To MOVE source (remember : Because you are [Shift]-ing the
target)
[Alt] = To create SHORTCUT of source (remember : Alt as in a Windows
Shortcut is the [Alt]ernative to the Copy and Move operations...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)




"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:38:47 -0600, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:22:41 -0800 (PST), Doc
wrote:

On Jan 5, 6:58 pm, "Tim Meddick" wrote:
Either [right-click-and-drag] the object from one folder to another
to get
a short menu on releasing the mouse button, that asks if you want to
:

Move to here
Copy to here
Create a shortcut here
Cancel

...or, while you "drag and drop" (with normal left-click-and-hold)
Also
press and hold the following key while dragging and dropping for the
following results :

Hold While Dragging :

[Ctrl] = To COPY source
[Alt] = To create SHORTCUT of source
[Shift] = To MOVE source

But there is no setting to control the default behaviour, which
differs
with types of file / attributes and file permissions / different
media...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)


Thanks to you and all others. Apparently what I was observing where it
does this automatically is when I was dragging from one location on
the same drive to another, when doing that it deletes the file from
the old location. Doesn't do this when dragging across drives.

That's normal.

As others have said, you can override that behavior by using the right
click menu. (See above.)


I always use the right click menu, since I have a hard time
remembering what happens when you left-click--when it copies and when
it moves.


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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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