Re: Unwanted delete of entire folder using Win2K

Have you tried:

- CTRL-A to select all the files (or mouse-drag a rectangle around all the files)
- right-click and drag them to the network destination directory
- chose "move here" from the menu that appears when you release the right mouse button.

(I'm assuming you have a mouse connected. Given the way you are currently doing it, you may not).


coxrail wrote:
I use one machine strictly for scanning. I set up the machine for that single purpose and made it as quick as possible by reformatting the drive (NTFS), reinstalling Win 2000, a Viewer (Irfanview) and the scanning software (Epson). There is no other software. Win2K is fully current. The installation is a full installation (no customization) but is otherwise super "vanilla." I have never even tweaked the registry. There is no virus software and no external shares. I handoff images to the network through a one-way out connection.

I scan images to a c:\temp directory. When finished, I transfer all images to a network directory. Here's the problem: if I do a Cut-Paste (CTRL+X) of all the images, the ENTIRE c:\TEMP directory is deleted. Not just the images. The first few times it happened, I thought I was going crazy.

In one way, the failure is fully predictable. If I cut all images, the entire directory is deleted every time. However, if I cut only some of the images, the temp directory (and remaining images) may or may not disappear.

And, yes, the directory is definitely deleted.

The only way I can work with the machine is to use a cumbersome four-step process: I first copy the files (CTRL+C) to the network directory, then "soft-delete" images to the Recycle Bin. Next, I empty the recycle bin which then asks for confirmation (the 4th step.)

Has anyone ever encountered this problem before? Or, more importantly, does anyone know a repair?
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