Windows 7 file copying

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.

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