Files duplicationg themselves.

[Guest]

I've had this problem before,but I forgot how I solved it. I sent photos to
my documents and they went into general documents and not into the Photo
section.When I try to delete them because I already have a copy they
continue to duplicate themselves to the 32nd time. It just continues to copy
itself and I never hit copy this file. I've tried moving them to another
folder so I could delete them to no avail. I feel like a real 'NINNY" I now
have about 200 pix where I only had a few.Any help would be hugely
appreciated.

 

[Daniel]

Be careful how you are handling the files,
if you are selecting several by left clicking and holding down control and
then move the mouse at the same time
the files will duplicate.

Daniel

 

[Malke]

I've had this problem before,but I forgot how I solved it. I sent
photos to my documents and they went into general documents and not
into the Photo
section.When I try to delete them because I already have a copy they
continue to duplicate themselves to the 32nd time. It just continues
to copy
itself and I never hit copy this file. I've tried moving them to
another
folder so I could delete them to no avail. I feel like a real
'NINNY" I now have about 200 pix where I only had a few.Any help would
be hugely appreciated.

Don't feel like a "ninny" - we're here to help. How are you deleting?
This is a common problem if you have your computer set to single-click
point-select instead of double-click. It can also happen if you are
dragging the files and maybe the hand isn't as steady as one would
like. The single-click/double-click options are in Folder Options
(applet in Control Panel) on the General tab. You can also try setting
your mouse sensitivity lower. Another way is to right-click the files
and then choose "delete" by left-clicking.

HTH,

Malke