I am copying the same folder to another drive. It says do I want TO MERGE folders I say YES
Than it asks me if I want to copy files that are newer I say yes.
When I am done I do have a copy of the folder inside the other folder.
I am doing the conformations wrong I guess?
In Windows XP it just said do you want to over right the files in the folder and it did it right
Have a good day,
RScotti
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I'm a little confused in exactly what you're trying to do. As you said
in XP if you tried to copy files to a folder where there already was a
file with the same name it would ask you if you wanted to overwrite
the file.
Now in Vista what you should see when you copy a bunch of files is a
new warning window pops up, showing the details on each file you're
copying or moving IF one already is present with the same name in the
destination folder plus the details on the old file already in the
folder you are copying or moving to and then asks if you want to
proceed.
You can end up with a copy of a folder inside another. I'm going to
assume you don't want that and are simply wishing to replace old
copies of some files with newer versions. If that is what you want:
1. Expand the folder so the DETAILS on shown in the right window pane.
2. Select the files you wish to copy or move and the destination
folder.
3. Once the process starts as Vista begins to copy or move the files
if it sees a file with the same name in the folder you're moving
or copying to it will pop up a warning file by file
as it goes warning you. It will allow you to skip, meaning what
you were copying or moving stays in the source folder, cancel
which stops the job or proceed which allows you to keep the old
file or replace with the new version.
Once done you'll have ONE folder will all the new versions of the
files copied or moved there, not a folder in a folder.
