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Old April 6th 14, 03:20 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Brian Gregory
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Default Windows 7 file copying

On 03/04/2014 13:35, 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?



I think it's just if you accidentally move the mouse slightly while you
are clicking the files.

Either be more careful, decrease your mouse sensitivity or I think you
can tweak something in the registry to make it less sensitive (by
increasing the amount of movement necessary to change a click into a drag).

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