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#1 User is offline   DSL Tech 

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Posted 19 December 2001 - 08:48 AM

I realize this MAY NOT be a XP problem but i have to say i never noticed it on any other OS..What i have is single boot machine with XP corp ( the real one) and a WD 7200 RPM 100Gig Drive...with my drive partitioned with 2 other partitions...one for downloads and one for storage....Now my dilemma is whenever i try and move a file from one of my OTHER partitions to my desktop it leaves a copy of the file on the partition..that i have to go back and delete after moving the file...Does anyone know if in fact there is a setting somewhere in XP that i can disable this function??...i have serached to no avail in XP and cant find anything....Any help would be appreciated...:)

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Posted 19 December 2001 - 10:31 AM

Were you "dragging" the file to another location? The only thing I can think of is to cut and paste.

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Posted 19 December 2001 - 11:38 AM

Yes i was dragging and not cutting and pasting and that does work...just thought maybe i missed soemthing a setting or something..it isnt that big a deal just kinda annoying....:)

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Posted 19 December 2001 - 02:07 PM

Yep got the same thing here to. Didnt realy think about it to much till you said something.I personaly like it tho, because Ive wanted to keep several copys on different drives. Hum...havent heard of any fixes...sorry but If i run across one ill pass it along.


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Posted 19 December 2001 - 10:15 PM

This [b:4d1476177c]isn't[/b:4d1476177c] a bug.

Try holding down SHIFT when dragging files between drives. It will move the files instead of making copies. The default behavior is to copy between drives, and move files on the same drive. Pressing SHIFT while dragging the files reverses the default behavior in both instances.

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Posted 20 December 2001 - 06:02 AM

Thanks You Very Much Gents for the quick responces....The shift thing will help but otherwise its something i guess i'll have to live with!!:spaced Once again Thanks and Best Holiday Wishs!!:)

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Posted 20 December 2001 - 04:38 PM

or you can right click drag an select move.

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