Re: Does "Move File" also update registry?

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On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:39:10 -0400, Lem <lemp40@unknownhost> wrote:

Opinicus wrote:
"Lem" <lemp40@unknownhost> wrote

AFAIK, all the move command does is copy the file to the selected
location and then delete the file from the old location.

Unless I'm mistaken, the Move command doesn't move the data at all
unless the move is from one storage device (or partition?) to another.
When you move a file from one folder to another on the same storage
device, the only thing that is changed is the information about the
file's location in the directory--or whatever it's called.

To see this in action, time how long it takes to Copy a really *big*
file from one folder to another and then compare that with how long it
takes to Move it.

You're right. I was thinking of moving files from one physical disk to
another, because that's what I did recently.

But your original point is still correct. If an application has
stored the path to a file in the registry, moving the file or the
folder that contains it will prevent the application from finding that
file.

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