Re: Drag & Drop default for XP Pro

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I'm simply fed up with having to use a dialog to move files between folders on
the same drive. I hate wasting the time and having to remember to right drag
or pressing the Shift key to force a Move. Why would anyone create such a
difference between Pro and Home to force people to be unproductive? It's
pretty darned lame and poor design to me.

So what I am hearing is that I'm stuck with lousy design and there is no
registry fix or patch to change it. I guess I must use my XP Home machine for
production and the XP Pro machine for a file server.

Thanks for your response.

PatrickT

"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message
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David Candy wrote:

> Betcha neither of your computers work as you describe. Copy between
> drives and move within a drive are the rules.


Because I always have trouble remembering which gives Move and which gives
Copy, I always prefer to right-drag instead of left-dragging. That way, when
you release the item, you get prompted to choose Move or Copy (as well as
Create Shortcut).

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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>> My installation of XP Pro has file drag & drop default action as
>> Copy. How can I change this to Move which is default for my XP Home
>> installation on another computer?
>>
>> PatrickT



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