Opening multiple files - problem

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Lars Holm Thomsen

Hi

When I mark to ore more files in Windows Explorer to open in notebook or any other program, for every marked file - before opening it in the
proper application - I first get a dialog asking me where to move the item. Canceling this dialog brings up the next asking where to copy
the file. Canceling this dialog leads to opening of the file and bringing up the next files "move-dialog"!

Pretty irritating!

Anybody has got a solution to this?

Lars
 
Remove Copy To/Move To from the context menus. It was NOT designed to be a context menu.

According to Raymond C

I considered adding this tweak to Tweak UI but ultimately decided against. Here's why:
The "Copy to Folder" and "Move to Folder" options weren't designed to be on the context menu. They were only meant to be placed in Explorer's toolbar. (Right-click a blank space on your toolbar, select Customize, and pick "Move To" or "Copy To" from the list of available buttons.) If you add them to the context menu, you may notice that the "Copy To" and "Move To" dialogs start showing up when you really aren't expecting them, for example, whenever you double-click an attachment in Outlook.

The reason is that these two items are a bit too eager. When you ask them, "So do you handle the <X> command?" they say, "Oh yes! That's me!" This is fine in a toolbar, where the only time they're asked "Do you handle the <X> command?" is when the user clicks on the button. But in a context menu, you are asked this much more frequently, and with varying values of X.

So when Outlook launches an attachment, the shell loads up the context menu handlers and asks each one, "So do you handle the Open command?" The "Delete" option says, "Nope, sorry." So does "Cut" and "Send to" and "Sharing and Security". But "Copy To" happily says, "Oh yes! That's me!"

And then the Copy To dialog shows up when you don't want it.

Another example of what happens when you take an object and use it in a situation outside its design parameters.
 
"Oh yes! That's me!"

Nice explanation (and Personification) David :)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28734

Remove Copy To/Move To from the context menus. It was NOT designed to be a context menu.

According to Raymond C

I considered adding this tweak to Tweak UI but ultimately decided against. Here's why:
The "Copy to Folder" and "Move to Folder" options weren't designed to be on the context menu. They were only meant to be placed in Explorer's toolbar. (Right-click a blank space on your toolbar, select Customize, and pick "Move To" or "Copy To" from the list of available buttons.) If you add them to the context menu, you may notice that the "Copy To" and "Move To" dialogs start showing up when you really aren't expecting them, for example, whenever you double-click an attachment in Outlook.

The reason is that these two items are a bit too eager. When you ask them, "So do you handle the <X> command?" they say, "Oh yes! That's me!" This is fine in a toolbar, where the only time they're asked "Do you handle the <X> command?" is when the user clicks on the button. But in a context menu, you are asked this much more frequently, and with varying values of X.

So when Outlook launches an attachment, the shell loads up the context menu handlers and asks each one, "So do you handle the Open command?" The "Delete" option says, "Nope, sorry." So does "Cut" and "Send to" and "Sharing and Security". But "Copy To" happily says, "Oh yes! That's me!"

And then the Copy To dialog shows up when you don't want it.

Another example of what happens when you take an object and use it in a situation outside its design parameters.
 
Backup the registry first.

Reverse the procedure explained here: (Remove the two context menu items "Move To Folder" & "Copy To Folder").
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1004/

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28734

Remove Copy To/Move To from the context menus. It was NOT designed to be a context menu.
Click to expand...
I dont know how to do this!

Lars
 
You're welcome Lars.
Not me, DiB :-)


--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28734

Backup the registry first.

Reverse the procedure explained here: (Remove the two context menu items "Move To Folder" & "Copy To Folder").
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1004/
Click to expand...

You're best - both of you! Thanks!

Lars
 
David In Black is the old david. I'm a blue person now.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289883713.html
Not me, DiB :-)


--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28734

Backup the registry first.

Reverse the procedure explained here: (Remove the two context menu items "Move To Folder" & "Copy To Folder").
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1004/
Click to expand...

You're best - both of you! Thanks!

Lars
 
BLUE: http://www.pickupguide.com/colorgme.htm

BTW, I meant the word Best ;)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28734

David In Black is the old david. I'm a blue person now.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289883713.html
Not me, DiB :-)


--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28734

Backup the registry first.

Reverse the procedure explained here: (Remove the two context menu items "Move To Folder" & "Copy To Folder").
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1004/
Click to expand...

You're best - both of you! Thanks!

Lars
 
BLUE
Lovers of blue are wonderful sex partners. They are sincere,
affectionate, and sensitive to their partner's needs. They consider
lovemaking a fine art, and their approach is elegant. Men who love
blue are like concert pianists; delicately ravaging their partner like
they would play a baby grand. Women in the blue category enjoy sex
to the fullest. They are exciting partners, but their passion might be
compared to tidal waves, rather than fiery aggresion. Both blue men
and women enjoy foreplay and the aftermath of lovemaking as much
as the act. In marriages, a blue person is a wonderful mate, never
failing to please the spouse and never seeking outside interests.

Doesn't sound like me at all. I'm more of a "toss the remote control over if you're going to bed" or "I'm watching this, stop annoying me".

--
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289883713.html
BLUE: http://www.pickupguide.com/colorgme.htm

BTW, I meant the word Best ;)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28734

David In Black is the old david. I'm a blue person now.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289883713.html
Not me, DiB :-)


--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28734

Backup the registry first.

Reverse the procedure explained here: (Remove the two context menu items "Move To Folder" & "Copy To Folder").
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1004/
Click to expand...

You're best - both of you! Thanks!

Lars
 
LOL

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28734

BLUE
Lovers of blue are wonderful sex partners. They are sincere,
affectionate, and sensitive to their partner's needs. They consider
lovemaking a fine art, and their approach is elegant. Men who love
blue are like concert pianists; delicately ravaging their partner like
they would play a baby grand. Women in the blue category enjoy sex
to the fullest. They are exciting partners, but their passion might be
compared to tidal waves, rather than fiery aggresion. Both blue men
and women enjoy foreplay and the aftermath of lovemaking as much
as the act. In marriages, a blue person is a wonderful mate, never
failing to please the spouse and never seeking outside interests.

Doesn't sound like me at all. I'm more of a "toss the remote control over if you're going to bed" or "I'm watching this, stop annoying me".

--
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289883713.html
BLUE: http://www.pickupguide.com/colorgme.htm

BTW, I meant the word Best ;)

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28734

David In Black is the old david. I'm a blue person now.

--
----------------------------------------------------------
And the band played ....
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289883713.html
Not me, DiB :-)


--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol:
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=28734

Backup the registry first.

Reverse the procedure explained here: (Remove the two context menu items "Move To Folder" & "Copy To Folder").
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/1004/
Click to expand...

You're best - both of you! Thanks!

Lars
 
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