Copy Files

[Guest]

Hi
Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of files
to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated
Thankyou
Mark

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of files
to say NO TO ALL.

Nope. This doesn't make any sense and "a lot of files" is not a criteria
being available as an option.

 

[kim]

if there is an option when copying a lot of files
to say NO TO ALL.

Yes don`t copy them in the first place.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi
Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of
files
to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated
Thankyou
Mark

You cannot do it in a GUI environment but you could
certainly do it with a batch file.

 

[Guest]

Nope. This doesn't make any sense and "a lot of files" is not a criteria
being available as an option.

HI,
Sorry I tried to make my message as short as possible and made it too
short... what I meant to say is... When copying a folder to another folder
with the same name and most of the files are identical it says it will
replace the 1's with the same name and do I still wish to copy or move the
folder and files.. there are 4 option tabs [yes] [yes to all] [no] and
[cancel]... is there a way I can get an option that says [no to all]..... as
I only want to copy the new files within this folder to a storage drive with
the same folder and files.
Aploogies for not explaining myself properly...Can you help
Thankyou
Mark

 

[VanguardLH]

in message

Hi
Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot
of files
to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated
Thankyou
Mark

Use the [x]copy command from within a DOS shell. Run "[x]copy /?" to
see the options, like the /Y switch.

 

[VanguardLH]

Hi
Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot
of files
to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated
Thankyou
Mark

You could delete/rename the target folder and then copy the source
folder under the name of the old target folder.

 

[VanguardLH]

Hi
Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot
of files
to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated
Thankyou
Mark

You could use Microsoft's SyncToy utility, especially if you need to
resync them again later.

 

[mr x]

Hi
Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of
files
to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated
Thankyou
Mark

just hold down ctrl key, click on or off selected files, then drag n drop.

 

[... et al.]

Does the surmised dialog-window not have a [Cancel]-button?

 

[Detlev Dreyer]

Nope. This doesn't make any sense and "a lot of files" is not a criteria
being available as an option.

HI,
Sorry I tried to make my message as short as possible and made it too
short... what I meant to say is... When copying a folder to another folder
with the same name and most of the files are identical it says it will
replace the 1's with the same name and do I still wish to copy or move the
folder and files.. there are 4 option tabs [yes] [yes to all] [no] and
[cancel]... is there a way I can get an option that says [no to all]..... as
I only want to copy the new files within this folder to a storage drive with
the same folder and files.
Aploogies for not explaining myself properly...Can you help

Neither the Windows Explorer nor the old File Manager (Winfile.exe) have
that option. Third-party file managers may or may not have that option,
however, I do not use any of them.

 

[Thomas G. Marshall]

in message

Hi
Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of
files
to say NO TO ALL. Any advice as always will be much appreciated
Thankyou
Mark

Use the [x]copy command from within a DOS shell. Run "[x]copy /?" to see
the options, like the /Y switch.

I have the same need as the OP but for large numbers of files, and large-ish
data size (multiple gigs that I'm transferring over the network).

Not one of those xcopy options (that I can see) are appropriate.

/Y - No, that does the opposite of what is needed
/-Y - No, that only offers (Yes/No/All) and no "NoToAll" option.

Cygwin's (think unix) cp command can do it, but I'll have to get clever with
xargs because the number of files exceeds the number of argumentes
allowable.

 

[Thomas G. Marshall]

You could delete/rename the target folder and then copy the source folder
under the name of the old target folder.

Completely non-solution. It would require the copying everything, and if
there were files in folder 2 that weren't in folder 1 you'd end up with 2
folders you'd have to keep around.

 

[Thomas G. Marshall]

Does the surmised dialog-window not have a [Cancel]-button?

That cancels out the entire copy. I need to bring over only the files that
don't exist in the destination folder.

I could sit there and click "No" for every one of the 1000+ files, which is
silly.

 

[Thomas G. Marshall]

just hold down ctrl key, click on or off selected files, then drag n
drop.

I need to move 1000+ files.

 

[VanguardLH]

I need to move 1000+ files.

Well, besides my 1 remaining recommendation that you didn't shoot
down, you could also use robocopy (in the Resource Kit) to synchronize
folders. xxcopy is another solution for synchronizing folders. Don't
know the differences between the freeware and paid Pro versions of
xxcopy but their terse description looks like the freeware version
probably still includes the folder synchronization.

 

[Thomas G. Marshall]

...


Well, besides my 1 remaining recommendation that you didn't shoot down,
you could also use robocopy (in the Resource Kit) to synchronize folders.
xxcopy is another solution for synchronizing folders. Don't know the
differences between the freeware and paid Pro versions of xxcopy but their
terse description looks like the freeware version probably still includes
the folder synchronization.

Terse is right....I /think/ that the pro version is identical, but is
licensed for corporate use.

Dunno.

 

[VanguardLH]

...

Terse is right....I /think/ that the pro version is identical, but
is licensed for corporate use.

There was mention that the Pro (paid) version included some networking
support. If that's the only difference, and because you probably want
to run xxcopy locally on your own host, it doesn't appear you lose
anything by using the freebie version. And since it is free, you
could just go try it to see if it works for you - assuming you don't
want to first try robocopy or SyncToy.

 

[Bob I]

Hold down the Shift key when you click "No".

 

[Thomas G. Marshall]

Please can anyone tell me if there is an option when copying a lot of
files
to say NO TO ALL.

Nope. This doesn't make any sense and "a lot of files" is not a criteria
being available as an option.

HI,
Sorry I tried to make my message as short as possible and made it too
short... what I meant to say is... When copying a folder to another
folder
with the same name and most of the files are identical it says it will
replace the 1's with the same name and do I still wish to copy or move
the
folder and files.. there are 4 option tabs [yes] [yes to all] [no] and
[cancel]... is there a way I can get an option that says [no to all].....
as
I only want to copy the new files within this folder to a storage drive
with
the same folder and files.
Aploogies for not explaining myself properly...Can you help

Neither the Windows Explorer nor the old File Manager (Winfile.exe) have
that option.

Not true. NICE---> Kelly's response is correct: Shift-Click on No will make
it an effective "No to All". I cannot find this documented anywhere though,
but I get lost when searching within microsoft.com.


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