'Ravi Verma' wrote:
| Phil Weldon, I am sorry to say that you have got a wrong name "Phil
Weldon"
| it should have been "Phil Wisdom". You are excellent. Your knowledge and
the
| ability to explain is above par.
____
Thanks for the compliment, but many, many regulars on this newsgroup have
much more knowledge than I on Windows XP. A simple Well done is sufficient
B^)
In 1966 I wrote a manual for a computer program I produced. With anything as
complex as a computer platform it is always a struggle to present
information clearly and unambiguously. And yet end with a readable result.
In 1965 I was taught to program computers. Back then computer time was so
much more expensive than people time (perhaps 20 to 200 times the hourly
rate) that my class was eight hours a day, five students with three full
time teachers. As I learned and wrote, I could ask questions from someone
in the room. That is still the best way to learn to use computers, but the
costs are all the other way now, yet the complexity is much greater.
Good luck.
Phil Weldon
| Phil Weldon, I am sorry to say that you have got a wrong name "Phil
Weldon"
| it should have been "Phil Wisdom". You are excellent. Your knowledge and
the
| ability to explain is above par.
|
| Thanks very much and now I have got my reply.
|
| Regards,
| Ravi Verma
| | > Phil Weldon wrote, in part:
| > | #2. You get the option to move, copy or 'create shortcut' AFTER you
| > drag
| > | and drop if you use a right click for the drag and drop.
| > _____
| >
| > Sorry, to get the choice of moving or copying for drag and drop you
should
| > use a right click and HOLD, not just a right click, which opens a much
| > longer list of options. Right click and hold, then drag and drop, and a
| > menu will open giving the choice of copy, move, or create shortcut.
| >
| > Phil Weldon
| >
| > | > | 'Ravi Verma' wrote:
| > || One more question regarding "Move to folder" moving files or folders
| > | between
| > || two partitions is same as copy paste or what?
| > ||
| > || Say I have a folder accounts ie. c:\myfolders\accounts and now i want
| > to
| > || move the accounts folder to d:\newfolder. Can I use move here or it
is
| > | same
| > || as copy-pasting?
| > ||
| > || Moreover, I cannot find "Move" option on right clicking or no pop-up
| > | appears
| > || if I drag and drop in windows explorer. Only I get this option in
Edit
| > | menu
| > || in Windows Explorer.
| > | _____
| > |
| > | #2. You get the option to move, copy or 'create shortcut' AFTER you
| > drag
| > | and drop if you use a right click for the drag and drop.
| > |
| > | #1. If you move the 'accounts' subfolder of C:\myfolders\accounts to
| > | D:\newfolder to make D:\newfolder\accounts the move is to a new
PHYSICAL
| > | location. C: and D: are either two partitions on a single drive (two
| > | different physical areas of the drive) or two different drives. A
copy
| > and
| > | a move perform the same function, except that a move deletes the files
| > and
| > | file structure from the old PHYSICAL location. Transferring 10 GBytes
| > | containing file structures and several thousand files to a new
PHYSICAL
| > | location will take several minutes. Deleting the old material takes
| > only
| > a
| > | few seconds because the disk file management just marks the space
empty.
| > The
| > | data is still there, but it is no longer linked to anything, and is
| > | available for reuse (that's why delete files can sometimes be
recovered,
| > | especially if the recovery is done very soon after the deletion.) The
| > | 'Recycle' bin is used to temporarily maintain the old data until the
| > space
| > | is needed.
| > |
| > | #0. From your previous post: 'send to' is a 'move'.
| > |
| > | Phil Weldon
| > |
| > | | > || Hi,
| > ||
| > || One more question regarding "Move to folder" moving files or folders
| > | between
| > || two partitions is same as copy paste or what?
| > ||
| > || Say I have a folder accounts ie. c:\myfolders\accounts and now i want
| > to
| > || move the accounts folder to d:\newfolder. Can I use move here or it
is
| > | same
| > || as copy-pasting?
| > ||
| > || Moreover, I cannot find "Move" option on right clicking or no pop-up
| > | appears
| > || if I drag and drop in windows explorer. Only I get this option in
Edit
| > | menu
| > || in Windows Explorer.
| > ||
| > || Regards,
| > || Ravi Verma
| > || | > || > 'Ravi Verma' wrote, in part:
| > || > | I have faced a lot of problems in this regard. I have seen many
| > | folders
| > || > | containing huge amount of datas under subfolders and then I want
to
| > || > redesign
| > || > | the folder structure and it takes lot of time to copy the folders
| > and
| > || > then
| > || > | renaming them. Let me put a situation here:
| > || > |
| > || > | say my folder structure is like this:
| > || > | c:\Myfolder\accounts
| > || > | now the accounts folder has 10 GB of data. I now want to remove
the
| > My
| > || > | folder which doesnot have any other file or folder apart from
| > | accounts.
| > || > I
| > || > | want to make it C:\accounts.
| > || > _____
| > || >
| > || > Just in case I have not understood your question correctly, it has
| > | nothing
| > || > to do with 'My Documents', right?
| > || >
| > || > When you move files (or a file structure) from one folder to
another
| > in
| > || > the
| > || > same disk and partition the files are not really moved. The
pointers
| > in
| > || > the
| > || > directory are changed to reflect the new LOGICAL location; the
| > PHYSICAL
| > || > location does not change. Several thousand files totaling ten
GBytes
| > in
| > | a
| > || > number of folders all under one upper level folder name can be
| > 'moved'
| > | to
| > || > a
| > || > new folder in a few seconds because all that changes is the logical
| > || > assignment, not the physical location. The trick is to MOVE the
| > files
| > | and
| > || > folder structure, not COPY - copy DOES make a duplicate of all the
| > files
| > || > and
| > || > folder structure in a new physical location.
| > || >
| > || > In Windows Explorer select (in your example) the folder
| > || > C:\Myfolder\accounts
| > || > and MOVE it to C:\ (if there is not already a C:\accounts folder.)
| > || > If there is already a C:\accounts folder then use the shift key and
| > | mouse
| > || > to
| > || > select all the subfolders and files under C:\Myfolder\account)
| > || >
| > || > Right click on the selection and choose 'Move' to C:\accounts .
Then
| > | you
| > || > may delete the now empty folder C:\Myfolder\accounts.
| > || >
| > || > The entire process will take a few seconds.
| > || >
| > || > Phil Weldon
| > || >
| > || > | > || > | Hi,
| > || > |
| > || > | I have faced a lot of problems in this regard. I have seen many
| > | folders
| > || > | containing huge amount of datas under subfolders and then I want
to
| > || > redesign
| > || > | the folder structure and it takes lot of time to copy the folders
| > and
| > || > then
| > || > | renaming them. Let me put a situation here:
| > || > |
| > || > | say my folder structure is like this:
| > || > | c:\Myfolder\accounts
| > || > | now the accounts folder has 10 GB of data. I now want to remove
the
| > My
| > || > | folder which doesnot have any other file or folder apart from
| > | accounts.
| > || > I
| > || > | want to make it C:\accounts. I normally do it like this I copy
the
| > || > subfolder
| > || > | accounts (c:\Myfolder\accounts) to c:\accounts and then delete
the
| > || > Myfolder.
| > || > | but it takes lot of time and I am looking for a way so that I
don't
| > | need
| > || > to
| > || > | copy it instead, I can just remove Myfolder entry from registry
or
| > || > somewhere
| > || > | else.
| > || > | Is it possible?
| > || > |
| > || > | Regards,
| > || > | Ravi Verma
| > || > |
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