Re: Moving a file

From: Richard Cranswick (richard_at_nospam-richardcranswick.com)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:30:14 -0400

I can drag and drop folders but not files. I have to copy/cut and paste
individual or groups of files. Seems a bit strange....is this the case for
everyone?

"Mike Walsh [MVP]" <englantilainen@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OAOSg9F$DHA.1548@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Folder View in STS 1.0 used to be flaky and I always removed it from all
my
> sites, but this is the first time I've heard of Explorer View in WSS
> crashing.
>
> I'd be interested if other people who have experienced this could also
> contribute to this thread. Especially of course if they discovered what
was
> causing it to happen.
>
> Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
>
> PS Not being from Microsoft I have naturally no idea why Move was not
> included - I would see "Previous" on a list of Items in a list as being
more
> common a need ...
>
> "Christian Holthe" <christianSPAM@holthe.com> wrote in message
> news:%ii%b.1178711$9p3.221996@news.easynews.com...
> >
> > "Daniel Barton" <danielmbarton@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:403CC1B3.BF011317@yahoo.com...
> > > "Mike Walsh [MVP]" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > You can open two copies of the browser pointed at the two different
> > document
> > > > libraries. Then open in both the Explorer View and Copy and Paste
(or
> > Drag
> > > > and Drop if that works and if you prefer that).
> > > >
> > >
> > > Why doesn't Microsoft offer "Move document" in the drop down
> > > list?
> > >
> > > We do not run WebClient on our corporate web workstations,
> > > which is required for doing the Explorer view in WSS.
> > >
> > > Regards, Daniel
> > >
> > >
> > I agree completely - I was surprised to not locate the "move" command
from
> > the dropdown and Mike's suggestion does not work for me as IE crashes
when
> I
> > switch to explorer view.
> >
> > I ended up saving the file to disk, deleting it from sharepoint and then
> > re-uploading it to the correct place. I might loose some information
about
> > versions and such but at least the file is at the correct place.
> >
> > Christian
> >
> >
>
>

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