Drag and drop

[George Valkov]

In Vista, when I drag a file to a Command Prompt window, nothing happens.

On XP this used to type-in the full-path and name of the file. How do I
enable this functionality in Vista?

George Valkov

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

In Vista, when I drag a file to a Command Prompt window, nothing happens.

On XP this used to type-in the full-path and name of the file. How do I
enable this functionality in Vista?

You can't. Security reasons most probably. Instead, SHIFT-right-click on
the file and copy the full path.

ss.

 

[George Valkov]

in message
| | > In Vista, when I drag a file to a Command Prompt window, nothing
happens.
| >
| > On XP this used to type-in the full-path and name of the file. How do I
| > enable this functionality in Vista?
|
| You can't. Security reasons most probably.

Huh, that's typical for Microsoft:
either lots of useless "features" (most of which can be exploited)
or paranoia restrictions (removing something useful)
Vista security is when I'm trying to do something, while my two hands are
tied tight to the legs ;-) The good side is that I can hardly hurt myself
even if I try to, which is pretty good for the newbies (and they prevail
over the experienced).

| Instead, SHIFT-right-click on
| the file and copy the full path.


Thank You for the shift trick!

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

Huh, that's typical for Microsoft:
either lots of useless "features" (most of which can be exploited)
or paranoia restrictions (removing something useful)
Vista security is when I'm trying to do something, while my two hands are
tied tight to the legs ;-) The good side is that I can hardly hurt myself
even if I try to, which is pretty good for the newbies (and they prevail
over the experienced).

I couldn't agree more. When Vista was recently released, there were loads
of people here saying that UAC was the best thing ever (I found this very
amusing). It makes it clear to me that they never knew how to run XP
properly, and most certainly always ran as admin and got malware.

ss.