Wesley Vogel said:This is caused by not having a steady hand.
By moving one's hand slightly which also moves the mouse and all the files
that are selected, Windows interprets this as dragging which copies the
files. Done this plenty of times myself. ;-)
You either have to practice or set the drag sensitivity differently.
Drag sensitivity specifies how far (in pixels) the mouse must
move with the button held down before the system decides
that you are dragging the object. Increase this value if you
find that you are dragging objects accidentally when you click
on them.
The only way to adjust the drag sensitivity that I know of is with TweakUI.
Download TweakUI here >>>
Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
These are all the Mouse settings that can be set with TweakUI.
TweakUI
[+] Mouse
Menu Speed
The Menu Speed slider control sets the speed at which
cascading menus automatically open when you move the
mouse over them. The fastest setting causes them to open
immediately and the slowest setting is extraordinary slow.
To test the mouse setting, right-click the test icon.
-----
Double-click sensitivity
Double-click sensitivity specifies how close together two
mouse clicks need to be (in pixels) to be considered a
double click.
To test the double-click sensitivity, click twice on the test icon
with the left mouse button. If the two clicks registered as a
double-click, then the icon will change.
-----
Drag sensitivity
Drag sensitivity specifies how far (in pixels) the mouse must
move with the button held down before the system decides
that you are dragging the object. Increase this value if you
find that you are dragging objects accidentally when you click
on them.
To test drag sensitivity, try to drag the test icon with the
left mouse button. The icon will begin dragging when you
have moved the mouse the necessary distance.
-----
Hover
This is used to detect when the mouse hovers over the icon to get selected.
The size of the region is determined by the hover sensitivity in pixels.
-----
Wheel
This is used to control the number of lines when the mouse wheel is
scrolled. This can be either one page at a time or a particular number of
lines at a time.
-----
X-Mouse
The “Activation follows mouse†checkbox enables X-Mouse style window
activation. When X-mouse style window activation is enabled, you need only
move the mouse into a window in order to give it focus. Normally you must
click on a window in order to give it focus.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InBruceG said:In Windows Explorer or My Pictures, when I use Control-Click to highlight
photos (to move, to rename), after about 4 items Windows automatically
starts to make copies. Although I can undo copies, it's annoying. Is
there a way to stop Windows from doing this?
Thanks, Wes. Practice presumably won't work, so I've increased the drag sensitivity. I'll see what difference it makes. I also installed a few other toys.
BruceG said:Wesley Vogel said:This is caused by not having a steady hand.
By moving one's hand slightly which also moves the mouse and all the
files
that are selected, Windows interprets this as dragging which copies the
files. Done this plenty of times myself. ;-)
You either have to practice or set the drag sensitivity differently.
Drag sensitivity specifies how far (in pixels) the mouse must
move with the button held down before the system decides
that you are dragging the object. Increase this value if you
find that you are dragging objects accidentally when you click
on them.
The only way to adjust the drag sensitivity that I know of is with
TweakUI.
Download TweakUI here >>>
Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
These are all the Mouse settings that can be set with TweakUI.
TweakUI
[+] Mouse
Menu Speed
The Menu Speed slider control sets the speed at which
cascading menus automatically open when you move the
mouse over them. The fastest setting causes them to open
immediately and the slowest setting is extraordinary slow.
To test the mouse setting, right-click the test icon.
-----
Double-click sensitivity
Double-click sensitivity specifies how close together two
mouse clicks need to be (in pixels) to be considered a
double click.
To test the double-click sensitivity, click twice on the test icon
with the left mouse button. If the two clicks registered as a
double-click, then the icon will change.
-----
Drag sensitivity
Drag sensitivity specifies how far (in pixels) the mouse must
move with the button held down before the system decides
that you are dragging the object. Increase this value if you
find that you are dragging objects accidentally when you click
on them.
To test drag sensitivity, try to drag the test icon with the
left mouse button. The icon will begin dragging when you
have moved the mouse the necessary distance.
-----
Hover
This is used to detect when the mouse hovers over the icon to get
selected.
The size of the region is determined by the hover sensitivity in pixels.
-----
Wheel
This is used to control the number of lines when the mouse wheel is
scrolled. This can be either one page at a time or a particular number
of
lines at a time.
-----
X-Mouse
The “Activation follows mouse†checkbox enables X-Mouse style window
activation. When X-mouse style window activation is enabled, you need
only
move the mouse into a window in order to give it focus. Normally you
must
click on a window in order to give it focus.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
InBruceG said:In Windows Explorer or My Pictures, when I use Control-Click to
highlight photos (to move, to rename), after about 4 items Windows
automatically starts to make copies. Although I can undo copies, it's
annoying. Is there a way to stop Windows from doing this?
Thanks, Wes. Practice presumably won't work, so I've increased the drag
sensitivity. I'll see what difference it makes. I also installed a few
other toys.
Bruce
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