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J. P. Gilliver (John)
I've mentioned the following problem before: when a file is dragged from
the right pane to move (or copy if to a different drive/partition) it to
another directory (folder) in the left pane, Windows has a tendency to
"helpfully" expand the target directory if it has subdirectories. It of
course tends to do this just at the moment you "drop" the file being
moved, with the result that - especially if there are lots of
subdirectories - you haven't a clue into which directory the file fell.
I have asked before, and the general opinion was that you can't stop
this behaviour.
It occurred to me, however, that maybe there's a (registry?) setting to
vary the _time_ before this setting cuts in. Anyone know if this is so,
and if so, what and where it might be?
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
.... the pleasure of the mind is an amazing thing. My life has been driven by
the satisfaction of curiosity. - Jeremy Paxman (being interviewed by Anne
Widdecombe), Radio Times, 2-8 July 2011.
the right pane to move (or copy if to a different drive/partition) it to
another directory (folder) in the left pane, Windows has a tendency to
"helpfully" expand the target directory if it has subdirectories. It of
course tends to do this just at the moment you "drop" the file being
moved, with the result that - especially if there are lots of
subdirectories - you haven't a clue into which directory the file fell.
I have asked before, and the general opinion was that you can't stop
this behaviour.
It occurred to me, however, that maybe there's a (registry?) setting to
vary the _time_ before this setting cuts in. Anyone know if this is so,
and if so, what and where it might be?
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf
.... the pleasure of the mind is an amazing thing. My life has been driven by
the satisfaction of curiosity. - Jeremy Paxman (being interviewed by Anne
Widdecombe), Radio Times, 2-8 July 2011.