J
just bob
When I drag and drop a folder to replace a folder with the same name,
instead of replacing the contents it leaves behind files it should have
deleted in the replace action.
Setup a test as if you have two folders with the same name and same contents
on two different drives (you can actually do the test on one drive). One
folder is your backup and one is your working folder. You decide to cleanup
the working folder and delete one or more files. Then you decide to replace
the backup folder. When you copy the primary folder to the parent of the
backup folder, you are asked if you want to replace the folder. When you
answer Yes, the folder is copied to the destination, but the files you
deleted from the primary folder are still there in the backup folder. Now I
can see how this would be a benefit to those who often make mistakes when
doing backups and file management like this but for me this feature is
annoying. It means I have to first delete the backup folder before making a
backup.
Here is another way to explaining this:
C:\Working\Photos\Image1.jpg, image2.jpg
D:\Backup\Photos\Image1.jpg, image2.jpg
Delete Image2.jpg from folder C:\Working\Photos
Drag and drop C:\Working\Photos to D:\Backup
Prompted to replace folder D:\Backup\Photos
Contents of D:\Backup\Photos still contains image2.jpg
Instead of replacing D:\Backup\Photos it merged the files.
I would really like to know what MS calls this feature and how to turn it
off.
-Bob
instead of replacing the contents it leaves behind files it should have
deleted in the replace action.
Setup a test as if you have two folders with the same name and same contents
on two different drives (you can actually do the test on one drive). One
folder is your backup and one is your working folder. You decide to cleanup
the working folder and delete one or more files. Then you decide to replace
the backup folder. When you copy the primary folder to the parent of the
backup folder, you are asked if you want to replace the folder. When you
answer Yes, the folder is copied to the destination, but the files you
deleted from the primary folder are still there in the backup folder. Now I
can see how this would be a benefit to those who often make mistakes when
doing backups and file management like this but for me this feature is
annoying. It means I have to first delete the backup folder before making a
backup.
Here is another way to explaining this:
C:\Working\Photos\Image1.jpg, image2.jpg
D:\Backup\Photos\Image1.jpg, image2.jpg
Delete Image2.jpg from folder C:\Working\Photos
Drag and drop C:\Working\Photos to D:\Backup
Prompted to replace folder D:\Backup\Photos
Contents of D:\Backup\Photos still contains image2.jpg
Instead of replacing D:\Backup\Photos it merged the files.
I would really like to know what MS calls this feature and how to turn it
off.
-Bob