Cannot 'move' emails.

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I ticked the emails I wanted to put in a file, but when I clicked on the
'return' button to do so, the emails remained in my inbox. What is going on?
 
Barbara said:
I ticked the emails I wanted to put in a file, but when I clicked on the
'return' button to do so, the emails remained in my inbox. What is going on?
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Oh, we are to guess as to WHICH e-mail client you happen to be using,
and guess on WHICH version of Windows that may be, and guess as to what
exact steps you exercise versus a vague description?


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Sorry! No need to shout at me. I did use XP NEW USERS. Sorry Sorry Sorry.

Right: XP Home Edition. I am using Hotmail for my emails. I use Internet
Explorer.

My computer crashed and while it was away for repair, I received hundreds of
emails. I wanted to file them e.g. I am learning Spanish, so have a file
called 'Spanish Dictionary' but each time I ticked on the emails to be filed,
(or checked the files in US speak) and clicked 'Move', located the file where
I wanted to move them, left clicked my mouse and the screen seemed to move
them, but when I looked they were still there.

Is there anything else I need to tell you?

Thank you also for putting me right!
 
Barbara said:
Right: XP Home Edition. I am using Hotmail for my emails. I use Internet
Explorer.
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Then you are using the webmail interface to your account. No local
e-mail client is involved.
My computer crashed and while it was away for repair, I received hundreds of
emails. I wanted to file them e.g. I am learning Spanish, so have a file
called 'Spanish Dictionary' but each time I ticked on the emails to be filed,
(or checked the files in US speak) and clicked 'Move', located the file where
I wanted to move them, left clicked my mouse and the screen seemed to move
them, but when I looked they were still there.
Click to expand...

There are 2 methods for moving e-mails to different folders when using
Microsoft's webmail client:

- You select the e-mails (not files) that you want to move, click on the
"Move" toolbar button to display a list of available folders, and then
select one of those folders into which the e-mails will get moved.

- Drag the selected e-mails to another folder shown in the tree list of
folders. This would the same *right* click you use in Windows when
dragging around objects (I don't know why you did a left click to drag).
[Right-click means to use the primary mouse button and left-click means
to use the secondary mouse button, so even if you reverse the buttons
for left-handed mouse operation you still use "right" for primary and
"left" for secondary).
 
Thanks very much. This has worked!

VanguardLH said:
Barbara said:
Right: XP Home Edition. I am using Hotmail for my emails. I use Internet
Explorer.
Click to expand...

Then you are using the webmail interface to your account. No local
e-mail client is involved.
My computer crashed and while it was away for repair, I received hundreds of
emails. I wanted to file them e.g. I am learning Spanish, so have a file
called 'Spanish Dictionary' but each time I ticked on the emails to be filed,
(or checked the files in US speak) and clicked 'Move', located the file where
I wanted to move them, left clicked my mouse and the screen seemed to move
them, but when I looked they were still there.
Click to expand...

There are 2 methods for moving e-mails to different folders when using
Microsoft's webmail client:

- You select the e-mails (not files) that you want to move, click on the
"Move" toolbar button to display a list of available folders, and then
select one of those folders into which the e-mails will get moved.

- Drag the selected e-mails to another folder shown in the tree list of
folders. This would the same *right* click you use in Windows when
dragging around objects (I don't know why you did a left click to drag).
[Right-click means to use the primary mouse button and left-click means
to use the secondary mouse button, so even if you reverse the buttons
for left-handed mouse operation you still use "right" for primary and
"left" for secondary).
.
Click to expand...
 
Barbara said:
VanguardLH said:
Barbara said:
XP Home Edition. Hotmail. I use Internet Explorer.
Click to expand...

Then you are using the webmail interface to your account. No local
e-mail client is involved.
My computer crashed and while it was away for repair, I received hundreds of
emails. I wanted to file them e.g. I am learning Spanish, so have a file
called 'Spanish Dictionary' but each time I ticked on the emails to be filed,
(or checked the files in US speak) and clicked 'Move', located the file where
I wanted to move them, left clicked my mouse and the screen seemed to move
them, but when I looked they were still there.
Click to expand...

There are 2 methods for moving e-mails to different folders when using
Microsoft's webmail client:

- You select the e-mails (not files) that you want to move, click on the
"Move" toolbar button to display a list of available folders, and then
select one of those folders into which the e-mails will get moved.

- Drag the selected e-mails to another folder shown in the tree list of
folders. This would the same *right* click you use in Windows when
dragging around objects (I don't know why you did a left click to drag).
[Right-click means to use the primary mouse button and left-click means
to use the secondary mouse button, so even if you reverse the buttons
for left-handed mouse operation you still use "right" for primary and
"left" for secondary).
Click to expand...

Thanks very much. This has worked!
Click to expand...

Good to know since it looks like I got the right-left terminology
backwards. I've been using the mouse on the left-side for decades due
to the lop-sided design of keyboard on the right-side although I am
right-handed.

You didn't give the exact steps you were performing so I figured you
weren't doing it correctly.
 
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