Prevent moving when copying

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I copy files from my main machine to other machines. I am always afraid I
will move them by accident instead. I want to be able to update or edit
them, just not move them off the machine. Is there some write protect
combination that does this better than just write rotect?


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I copy files from my main machine to other machines. I am always afraid I
will move them by accident instead. I want to be able to update or edit
them, just not move them off the machine. Is there some write protect
combination that does this better than just write rotect?

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Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist
http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm
---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---
[Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards]
[Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos]
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273 characters in body.
352 characters in FAKE *spam* signature.
Post is 56% spam.


Use the "copy" command (in a command shell) instead of "move". Pretty
hard to misspell "copy" as "move".

You never mention HOW you are copying files. If using Windows Explorer,
and instead of right-clicking and dragging the files, left-click and
drag the selected files. Wherever you drag them to will result in a
popup prompt asking if you want to copy or move. Of course, the
computer can only do what you tell it to, not what you meant it to do.

You can still use the keyboard. Select the files in Windows Explorer,
hit Ctrl+C to copy that list, then right-click in some other folder and
hit Ctrl+V to paste (copy) the files.

If you don't want to use the common keyboard shortcuts provided for many
object operations, you could use the context menu of the [selected]
objects. After selecting the item(s) in Windows Explorer, hit the
context menu key (or Shift+F10), hit C to select the Copy action, select
where to copy, and open the context menu and hit P to paste the files
there.
 
Hello Vasos,

How do you copy them ? I assume you do it by left-click-and-drag. If so,
try *right*-click-and-drag. When dropping the files onto the target you
will be presented with a "what to do" selection-box (instead of the OS just
doing ... something).
Is there some write protect combination that does
this better than just write rotect?
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What do you want instead (of the quite clear warning-box that you are
attempting to move a read-only file) ?

Rudy Wieser


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273 characters in body.
352 characters in FAKE *spam* signature.
Post is 56% spam.
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And yet, you left the spam intact - why?
Use the "copy" command (in a command shell) instead of "move".
Pretty
hard to misspell "copy" as "move".

You never mention HOW you are copying files. If using Windows
Explorer,
and instead of right-clicking and dragging the files, left-click and
drag the selected files. Wherever you drag them to will result in a
popup prompt asking if you want to copy or move. Of course, the
computer can only do what you tell it to, not what you meant it to
do.
Click to expand...

You've got your left and right confused, I'm afraid. Right-click+drag
produces the context menu, instead of the annoying "I'll guess at
whether you want to move, copy, or create a shortcut to the file"
behavior that left-click+drag produces. (Yes, I know the behavior is
defined by what file(s) you are dragging and where you are dragging
them from/to, but to many users it is opaque and to many others just
annoying because it isn't correct often enough to be desirable.)
You can still use the keyboard. Select the files in Windows
Explorer,
hit Ctrl+C to copy that list, then right-click in some other folder
and
hit Ctrl+V to paste (copy) the files.

If you don't want to use the common keyboard shortcuts provided for
many
object operations, you could use the context menu of the [selected]
objects. After selecting the item(s) in Windows Explorer, hit the
context menu key (or Shift+F10), hit C to select the Copy action,
select
where to copy, and open the context menu and hit P to paste the
files
there.
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I wasn't aware of the Shift+F10 shortcut, thanks for that.

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"So, two heads is what does it for a girl?"
"...Anything else he's got two of?"
 
I copy files from my main machine to other machines. I am always afraid I
will move them by accident instead. I want to be able to update or edit
them, just not move them off the machine. Is there some write protect
combination that does this better than just write rotect?
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Using a dual pane file manager such as the free one available below is a
good way of avoiding the uncertainty of click & drag.
http://www.freecommander.com/
 
Zaphod said:
And yet, you left the spam intact - why?
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So I'm supposed to show statistics on a non-exhibit? Uh huh. I also
try to stay away from "they said" arguments where "they" is never
identified.
 
(Correct atrtribution restored)
So I'm supposed to show statistics on a non-exhibit? Uh huh.
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No, not at all - but by perpetuating spam, you are as bad as the
original spammer. Attempting to be clever and analyzing the character
count of the post doesn't excuse including the spam in your own post.
If it is spam, it is spam and should be deleted, reported, or
ignored - but not spread to an even wider audience.

--
Zaphod

Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster: A cocktail based on Janx Spirit.
The effect of one is like having your brain smashed out
by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.
 
*+-> I copy files from my main machine to other machines. I am always afraid I
*+-> will move them by accident instead. I want to be able to update or edit
*+-> them, just not move them off the machine. Is there some write protect
*+-> combination that does this better than just write rotect?

*+-Using a dual pane file manager such as the free one available below is a
*+-good way of avoiding the uncertainty of click & drag.
*+-http://www.freecommander.com/

Thanks. Is that like the Commander on Unix?


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Vasos Panagiotopoulos, Columbia'81+, Reagan, Mozart, Pindus, BioStrategist
http://www.panix.com/~vjp2/vasos.htm
---{Nothing herein constitutes advice. Everything fully disclaimed.}---
[Homeland Security means private firearms not lazy obstructive guards]
[Urb sprawl confounds terror] [Phooey on GUI: Windows for subprime Bimbos]
 
*+-> I copy files from my main machine to other machines. I am always afraid I
*+-> will move them by accident instead. I want to be able to update or edit
*+-> them, just not move them off the machine. Is there some write protect
*+-> combination that does this better than just write rotect?

*+-Using a dual pane file manager such as the free one available below is a
*+-good way of avoiding the uncertainty of click & drag.
*+-http://www.freecommander.com/

Thanks. Is that like the Commander on Unix?
Click to expand...
Apologies, but I have no experience of Unix.
 
Zaphod said:
(Correct atrtribution restored)

No, not at all - but by perpetuating spam, you are as bad as the
original spammer. Attempting to be clever and analyzing the character
count of the post doesn't excuse including the spam in your own post.
If it is spam, it is spam and should be deleted, reported, or
ignored - but not spread to an even wider audience.
Click to expand...

Oops, sorry. Should've obfuscated the spammed URL (by adding spaces or
replacing "o" with "0" [zero]).
 
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