Thank you Kay,
I'll try to copy an Aplication file from its original Desktop location to a folder and then delete the one on desktop,... look Kay when I drag and drop an Aplication file the one on the new location is a shortcut type file, which I don't want to Keep.
Hi, In terms of application files, I usually find it safer to right-click the file on the desktop and choose Copy, open Windows Explorer, browse to the folder where I would like it to be located, then highlight that folder in the left frame, which opens the right frame to show the current contents of that folder. click in this frame, right-click in the frame, then choose Paste. You then test the application to be sure a good copy occurred. Once you know this is true, return to the desktop, right-click the application, and choose Delete, or else drag and drop the icon into the Recycle Bin.
You can also drag and drop the application from within Windows Explorer by moving between C:\Windows\Desktop and the folder of you choice; this usually works just fine, but is not guaranteed, and when moving files, you have no backstop position if something goes wrong with the operation. Copying files gives you some leeway.
>look Kay when I drag and drop an Aplication file
>the one on the new location is a shortcut type file,
> which I don't want to Keep.
Hi,
I find this to often happen--I rarely drag and drop anything, preferring to use exact language with Windows. It isn't the world's smartest OS--or so they say :). I'm sure I am doing something incorrect in the dragging process to have Windows create a new shortcut instead of just move the file, but I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, and any more, I just find it faster and easier to copy, paste, check, then delete things, using the right-click context menu.
Are you sure you are moving an app from the desktop and not just another shortcut? Right click on the desktop icon, choose properties and see if it says it is a shortcut or a program.
Windows is really bad with the left mouse button drag and drop. It decides for you what the default is and you never know what your gonna get. Thats why I always use the right mouse button.
I get this about half the time with true apps--when I'm moving files from a main folder into a subfolder, it's still easier to drag and drop them. I don't use a lot of shortcuts, so that isn't it in my case, anyway.
In view of what Scott said, however, I'm wondering if perhaps Windows is remembering the last use of the context menu and just repeating that action--or else I return to my first position, that in my case, left-button dragging is being done horribly wrong :)
Nawy
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February 21st, 2000 17:00
I'll try to copy an Aplication file from its original Desktop location to a folder and then delete the one on desktop,... look Kay when I drag and drop an Aplication file the one on the new location is a shortcut type file, which I don't want to Keep.
Kay H
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February 21st, 2000 17:00
Hi,
In terms of application files, I usually find it safer to right-click the file on the desktop and choose Copy, open Windows Explorer, browse to the folder where I would like it to be located, then highlight that folder in the left frame, which opens the right frame to show the current contents of that folder. click in this frame, right-click in the frame, then choose Paste. You then test the application to be sure a good copy occurred. Once you know this is true, return to the desktop, right-click the application, and choose Delete, or else drag and drop the icon into the Recycle Bin.
You can also drag and drop the application from within Windows Explorer by moving between C:\Windows\Desktop and the folder of you choice; this usually works just fine, but is not guaranteed, and when moving files, you have no backstop position if something goes wrong with the operation. Copying files gives you some leeway.
Good luck,
Kay
Kay H
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February 21st, 2000 18:00
>the one on the new location is a shortcut type file,
> which I don't want to Keep.
Hi,
I find this to often happen--I rarely drag and drop anything, preferring to use exact language with Windows. It isn't the world's smartest OS--or so they say :). I'm sure I am doing something incorrect in the dragging process to have Windows create a new shortcut instead of just move the file, but I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, and any more, I just find it faster and easier to copy, paste, check, then delete things, using the right-click context menu.
Talk to you later,
Kay
Dan B
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February 21st, 2000 19:00
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skjohnston
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February 21st, 2000 19:00
Scott
skjohnston
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February 21st, 2000 20:00
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Kay H
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February 21st, 2000 20:00
Hi Scott,
That works really well, and allows me to specify what I want done. Thanks a lot--I learn something new here every day :)
Later,
Kay
Kay H
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February 21st, 2000 20:00
Hey Dan,
I get this about half the time with true apps--when I'm moving files from a main folder into a subfolder, it's still easier to drag and drop them. I don't use a lot of shortcuts, so that isn't it in my case, anyway.
In view of what Scott said, however, I'm wondering if perhaps Windows is remembering the last use of the context menu and just repeating that action--or else I return to my first position, that in my case, left-button dragging is being done horribly wrong :)
Talk to you later,
Kay