Paul

On Sep 2, 9:21*am, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Paul wrote:
> > On Aug 29, 1:30 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >>Paul wrote:
>
> >>>On Aug 28, 1:32 pm, Paul <Paul.Domas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>I dragged a folder from my D-drive to a memstick drive. *Like all
> >>>>other Microsoft Windows systems I used, I expected this drag to copy
> >>>>the folder. *Instead, it moved the folder. *How can I get the copying
> >>>>behaviour that I'm more use to? *I know that Ctrl-drag performs the
> >>>>copying that I want, but I consider it unsafe to have move behaviour
> >>>>in response to an action that normally performs a copy.
>
> >>>On Aug 28, 1:44 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>R-click, drag and drop, pick operation desired from the menu.
>
> >>>On Aug 28, 1:48 pm, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>Right click and drag. *That way you'll always get a dialog box to ask
> >>>>you what to do. *No mistakes.
>
> >>>Bob, Terry,
>
> >>>Is there no way to get rid of the anomalous behaviour with Ctrl-
> >>>LeftClick-Drag, and get the proper behaviour for that action? *File-
> >>>move is not the normal response. *From my experience, there is a
> >>>normal response (that being File-copy).
>
> >>We don't know what you have done to your system to break it, alter it.
> >>So, we offer a method that bypasses the issue completely
>
> > I've inheritted the system, so I guess the answer is that I haven't
> > done anything to break it...but someone has! *I was hoping to find a
> > way to fix it, more for the sake of convenience and efficiency over
> > right-clicking. *Thanks anyway.
>
> What happens on that system if you hold down Shift while doing your "move".-

Actually, I need to short-circuit your question (though your response
is appreciated). I just tried Ctrl-Drag between two hard drives, and
it's a Copy action. I tried variations between different hard drives
and mem stick and cannot duplicate the problem. But the machine has
been rebooted many times since then, and I'm not sure which account I
was using when it happened. In the worst case, the problem was
between the keyboard and the chair .

Thank you all for your patient support.

Bob I

Paul wrote:

> On Sep 2, 9:21 am, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>Paul wrote:
>>
>>>On Aug 29, 1:30 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>Paul wrote:
>>
>>>>>On Aug 28, 1:32 pm, Paul <Paul.Domas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>I dragged a folder from my D-drive to a memstick drive. Like all
>>>>>>other Microsoft Windows systems I used, I expected this drag to copy
>>>>>>the folder. Instead, it moved the folder. How can I get the copying
>>>>>>behaviour that I'm more use to? I know that Ctrl-drag performs the
>>>>>>copying that I want, but I consider it unsafe to have move behaviour
>>>>>>in response to an action that normally performs a copy.
>>
>>>>>On Aug 28, 1:44 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>R-click, drag and drop, pick operation desired from the menu.
>>
>>>>>On Aug 28, 1:48 pm, "Terry R." <F1...@NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>Right click and drag. That way you'll always get a dialog box to ask
>>>>>>you what to do. No mistakes.
>>
>>>>>Bob, Terry,
>>
>>>>>Is there no way to get rid of the anomalous behaviour with Ctrl-
>>>>>LeftClick-Drag, and get the proper behaviour for that action? File-
>>>>>move is not the normal response. From my experience, there is a
>>>>>normal response (that being File-copy).
>>
>>>>We don't know what you have done to your system to break it, alter it.
>>>>So, we offer a method that bypasses the issue completely
>>
>>>I've inheritted the system, so I guess the answer is that I haven't
>>>done anything to break it...but someone has! I was hoping to find a
>>>way to fix it, more for the sake of convenience and efficiency over
>>>right-clicking. Thanks anyway.
>>
>>What happens on that system if you hold down Shift while doing your "move".-
>
>
> Actually, I need to short-circuit your question (though your response
> is appreciated). I just tried Ctrl-Drag between two hard drives, and
> it's a Copy action. I tried variations between different hard drives
> and mem stick and cannot duplicate the problem. But the machine has
> been rebooted many times since then, and I'm not sure which account I
> was using when it happened. In the worst case, the problem was
> between the keyboard and the chair .
>
> Thank you all for your patient support.

Hey, you're most welcome. All's well that ends well! <grin>