i am using winxp professional on both computers.

when i drag and drop and item on my home pc it moves it to the new
location, which I like. but when i drag and drop a file on my work pc,
it copies the file in the new location, which i do not like. i would
rather ddrag n drop moved the file without copying it.. how do i manage
these settings?

thank you

bri

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>i am using winxp professional on both computers.
>
> when i drag and drop and item on my home pc it moves it to the new
> location, which I like. but when i drag and drop a file on my work pc,
> it copies the file in the new location, which i do not like. i would
> rather ddrag n drop moved the file without copying it.. how do i manage
> these settings?
>
> thank you
>
> bri
>

If you (left-click) drag files between 2 different drives then they are
generally copied. If it's within the same drive then they are moved.

To give yourself the option you can drag with the right-click mouse button
instead - which is a better habit to get into anyway imho.


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Jon

thanks so much...

but that still leaves me wondering.. why is it different on my 2
computers? one copies when left-dragged, the other moves the file when
left-dragged... i move alot of files so, the extra click using the
right-drag drop-down method becomes tedious after a few moves.

thanks again bri

On Nov 5, 10:18 am, "Jon" <Email_Addr...@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote:
> It is no coincidence that <bribe...@gmail.com> had written innews:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> >i am using winxp professional on both computers.
>
> > when i drag and drop and item on my home pc it moves it to the new
> > location, which I like. but when i drag and drop a file on my work pc,
> > it copies the file in the new location, which i do not like. i would
> > rather ddrag n drop moved the file without copying it.. how do i manage
> > these settings?
>
> > thank you
>
> > briIf you (left-click) drag files between 2 different drives then they are
> generally copied. If it's within the same drive then they are moved.
>
> To give yourself the option you can drag with the right-click mouse button
> instead - which is a better habit to get into anyway imho.
>
> --
> Jon

It is no coincidence that <(E-Mail Removed)> had written in
news:(E-Mail Removed) ...
>
> thanks so much...
>
> but that still leaves me wondering.. why is it different on my 2
> computers? one copies when left-dragged, the other moves the file when
> left-dragged... i move alot of files so, the extra click using the
> right-drag drop-down method becomes tedious after a few moves.
>
> thanks again bri
>
> On Nov 5, 10:18 am, "Jon" <Email_Addr...@SomewhereOrOther.com> wrote:
>> It is no coincidence that <bribe...@gmail.com> had written
>> innews:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> >i am using winxp professional on both computers.
>>
>> > when i drag and drop and item on my home pc it moves it to the new
>> > location, which I like. but when i drag and drop a file on my work pc,
>> > it copies the file in the new location, which i do not like. i would
>> > rather ddrag n drop moved the file without copying it.. how do i manage
>> > these settings?
>>
>> > thank you
>>
>> > briIf you (left-click) drag files between 2 different drives then they
>> > are
>> generally copied. If it's within the same drive then they are moved.
>>
>> To give yourself the option you can drag with the right-click mouse
>> button
>> instead - which is a better habit to get into anyway imho.
>>
>> --
>> Jon
>


My suspicion would be that you are dragging the files between 2 different
drives on your work pc, and within the same drive on your home one.

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Jon