Steve,

when the one thing I DON'T want is a copy of the link

Drag the files using the right mousebutton, and you can than, after dropping
them, choose the action (copy, create link).

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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Steve Hayes schreef in berichtnieuws
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On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 21:26:29 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

Steve Hayes wrote:

What is the difference between Windows Explorer and "My Computer"?

Windows Explorer: explorer.exe

My Computer : explorer.exe /n ,
or: explorer.exe ,
or: explorer.exe ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
/
classID for namespace of My Computer ______/

Ah, I see. So they are linked.

For nearly 10 years of using XP I thought that "My Computer" *was*
Windows
Explorer, and wondered why it didn't live up to what was claimed for
it. It
was supposed to copy files, but when I tried to copy files I discovered
that
it only made copies of shortcuts, and did not copy the files
themselves.

Depends on how you dragged the files for either flavor of iexplorer and
if you are dragging within the same volume (drive) or between volumes.

I've usually tried to drag them to a different drive, for example to back
them
up to an external drive or to a CD, DVD, etc., when the one thing I DON'T
want
is a copy of the link, because I might be disconnecting it and using it on
another computer where the link won't go anywhere.

When it does thaty I usually resort to the DOS "copy" command, which
sometimes
needs a bit more typing, especially with long file names.


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