getting endless copies of copies of....

[Guest]

Saved some emails to My Documents. Put them into New Folder. Copies appeared
of the emails. When I try to delete them just get more copies ......up to
about 30 already. Try to multiple select....doesnt seem to help.

 

[Rock]

Saved some emails to My Documents. Put them into New Folder. Copies
appeared
of the emails. When I try to delete them just get more copies ......up to
about 30 already. Try to multiple select....doesnt seem to help.

As I read your message you are trying to delete some files in a folder and
instead get copies of those files in the same folder? If that's the case
the problem is not being steady with the mouse when you select the files.
Any movement of the mouse will result in a copy.

 

[Malke]

Saved some emails to My Documents. Put them into New Folder. Copies
appeared
of the emails. When I try to delete them just get more copies
......up to about 30 already. Try to multiple select....doesnt seem to
help.

Are you trying to delete by dragging the files to the Recycle Bin? If
yes, this problem usually occurs because the hand isn't quite as steady
as one would want. You're moving the files slightly as you drag and
that is creating the extra copies.

First lower the sensitivity of your mouse from the Mouse applet in
Control Panel. Then change the way you delete. Either select files and
then right-click>Delete or select files and use File>Delete. To select
multiple contiguous files, highlight the first file in the series and
then hold down the Shift key and highlight the last file in the series.
All your desired files will be highlighted. Then use the right-click or
File menu deletion procedure. To delete non-contiguous files, hold down
the Ctrl key as you select.

Malke

 

[Wesley Vogel]

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.


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[Guest]

Thanks for the replies. Have adjusted the sensitivity of the mouse via the
control panel. Have tried to multiple select using shift key; works once then
wont when I try a second time, doesnt pick up the files in between.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

The only way to adjust the drag sensitivity that I know of is with TweakUI.

See my other post.

Mouse Properties (main.cpl) does not have a drag sensitivity setting.

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[Guest]

Thankyou very much. problem now solved.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Glad to hear it.

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