Drag and Drop problem

[Guest]

In WindowsXP Home/Pro and Windows2000 Pro(probably all winNT systems), I have
noticed a problem with Drag and drop in windows expolorer.
The location where you 'drop' a file/files/folders is not the same as the
one highlighted in the WE GUI. It will 'drop' it to the folder just above or
just below the highlighted selection. This is very common, it takes me less
than a minute to re-create this defect. In fact, it is so common, I can
never trust drag/drop at all.

I have never seen this problem in Windows98se(which, btw is still my primary
OS because of THIS issue).
If only there were a third-party file-management utility that didn't use the
windows shell functions.
Microsoft knows of this issue but ignores it. Read the sparse user
documentation that comes with Windows95 and WindowsXP. In Win95, they urge
you to drag and drop, have fun... in WinXP, they changed this back to cut and
paste. (obviously because they knew it was broken.)
I would assume this functionality was sacrificed over allowing extended OLE
functions, but I, for one, am extremely disappointed in what I would consider
a blocking defect in the OS. I use WindowsExplorer more than any other
program on my computer.... and one of its primary functions doesn't work
correctly.

If anyone has a suggestion to a workaround or a solution, I am more than
eager to hear it.
Thank you.
Gail.

 

[dev]

/Gail Johnson/ said:

In WindowsXP Home/Pro and Windows2000 Pro(probably all winNT systems), I have
noticed a problem with Drag and drop in windows expolorer.
The location where you 'drop' a file/files/folders is not the same as the
one highlighted in the WE GUI. It will 'drop' it to the folder just above or
just below the highlighted selection. This is very common, it takes me less
than a minute to re-create this defect. In fact, it is so common, I can
never trust drag/drop at all.

I have never seen this problem in Windows98se(which, btw is still my primary
OS because of THIS issue).
If only there were a third-party file-management utility that didn't use the
windows shell functions.
Microsoft knows of this issue but ignores it. Read the sparse user
documentation that comes with Windows95 and WindowsXP. In Win95, they urge
you to drag and drop, have fun... in WinXP, they changed this back to cut and
paste. (obviously because they knew it was broken.)
I would assume this functionality was sacrificed over allowing extended OLE
functions, but I, for one, am extremely disappointed in what I would consider
a blocking defect in the OS. I use WindowsExplorer more than any other
program on my computer.... and one of its primary functions doesn't work
correctly.

If anyone has a suggestion to a workaround or a solution, I am more than
eager to hear it.

I also noted that - occasionally - but as a rule it drops where it should.
Right-click|DRAG. Pause for a moment, to confirm that the correct directory
has been chosen. That may help.

If the process fails, hit <ctrl-z> immediately to reverse the action, and
try once again.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for the response, but unfortunately, that doesn't help.
When you drag and drop something, there isn't any notification where you put
it. (so I wouldn't know if the action had been completed incorrectly.)
(additionally, I wouldn't want any confirmation, it should do it right the
first time)

checking every move or cutting/pasting is not a good solution when you have
close to a million files to move around and sort.

If you cannot trust your core OS file handling, where does that leave you?


Gail.

 

[GHalleck]

Thank you for the response, but unfortunately, that doesn't help.
When you drag and drop something, there isn't any notification where you put
it. (so I wouldn't know if the action had been completed incorrectly.)
(additionally, I wouldn't want any confirmation, it should do it right the
first time)

checking every move or cutting/pasting is not a good solution when you have
close to a million files to move around and sort.

If you cannot trust your core OS file handling, where does that leave you?


Gail.

<<snipped>>

You sure about that? When dragging a file from one Windows
Explorer to another, the destination folder is highlighted.
Alternately, open the destination folder and just drop the
file into it.