moving files

Microsoft’s OneDrive Backup (Known Folder Move) can silently redirect your Desktop, Documents, and Pictures into the cloud during Windows 11 setup — and while that protects files from device loss and ransomware, it also changes where your files live and how you should manage backups; this...

Microsoft’s OneDrive Backup can be switched on for you during Windows 11 setup — but your files aren’t stolen; they’ve simply been moved into OneDrive and synced. If you prefer your Documents, Pictures, and Desktop to live locally, the change is reversible: stop folder backup in OneDrive, then...

Windows 11 users know the feeling all too well—one minute, your hard drive is humming along happily, the next, Windows is nagging you that storage is running low, threatening to hold your OS hostage with “Low Disk Space” pop-ups. It’s the digital equivalent of being told your jeans are too...

To keep the story short (and avoid embarrassment to myself)... I have a file (.exe) to which everyone supposedly has full permissions, except that with explorer I cannot delete it, copy it, or move it. I can take ownership of it, but the same situation still exists. I **know** (because there...

Hi there! I'm having a problem with my picture files. I have hundreds of them in separate folders: holidays, family etc. The problem is is when I try to copy them or move to another folder, I keep getting the message: 'Windows Explorer Has Stopped Working.' Windows Explorer then shuts down...

Hello, I'm new here, I'm wondering how I can integrate software in the Windows. For example, if I want to add an item to the context menu, in the explorer window, to send a file to an OLD folder. So, after click in «Send to Old» it would create a folder «yyyy-MM-dd - Old» in the same path of...

Please Help! I have a batch file that performs the following tasks: 1) renames a counter field 2) creates two variables that will be used later to rename two separate files 3) Opens SQL*Plus and starts an Oracle Script which starts two separate stored procedures 4) Moves and renames the...

Hallo all. :) Never had this problem before and i need some assistances. I have two files in an otherwise empty folder but there are no extensions after the file name. I can't add an extension to the files. I can't rename them or move them or delete them. Every time i try any of these things i...

So I want to move my User folder called james_000 from my Windows (C) drive into my Local Disk (D) drive. Is there any easy and fast way to do this? I'm running out of space in my Windows (C) drive and this one folder holds 60 gigabits of data. Thanks for your help in advance!

How can I make a noise after coping or moving files are done on my pc TIA Frank

When I copy a file/files or folder/folders from one place to another, usually Windows highlight the new files in the new location. suddenly I see this is no longer happening, please help.

An update released today (25-10-2011) may cause issues after being installed when you try to rename or move files/folders. There was another update in April 2010(?), KB980408, that caused the same issues for many people running Windows 7 64bit. So if you find yourself in this position, you...

I can't move any files in the C: drive or rename them without getting the error message "Could not find this item" and "this file is no longer located in..." After clicking "Try Again", I can then move and rename them, this is still annoying though. Tried contacting support but they were no help

I'm experiencing a critical bug or quirk in moving/copying files. It happens for example like this: I just want to move a directory, say 5-15GB, including a couple of movies or something. I have the source folder open and the destination folder open. So those two windows sit there and I start...

before you reinstall w7 files in folders can be moved example files beginning with the letter A, which is the top of the folder can be moved at the bottom closing and opening the folder remains the all clear but now sit as "glued" from where they waved box to be able to move

I'm not sure whether I'm being constantly attacked or my computer caught a virus. Whilst being online at a known network, my system got 'hacked' (unsure about the use of words as it was by someone i knew) and apparently created an image of my hard drive (which I was trying to stop during the...

Every time I move files or copy files I find myself clicking the more details switch. Is there a way to just have more details open by default? On a separate note is that blue fade image able to be changed?

Hi, using Windows 7 Home Premium, Installation ist about two weeks old. Problem: I have media files (films, to be precise) on a hard drive. Often, I want to change their location (e.g., move films that are lying around in root to a common folder with the name of the director). 80% of the...

When I click and drag to move a file I get this hunumgous folder icon attached to the cursor. The icon is so big that it blocks my view of where I'm trying to drop it. Can this folder icon be removed? TIA Ken

Can anyone help....? I have tried moving the default locations of the Vista special folders now a few times by using the move location route. All seems to go well until at some point, something goes wrong or I do something wrong and I find a whole host of files being copied over when I know...