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The thread discusses a user's issue with Windows 7 Explorer not prompting for overwriting or copying options when transferring files, instead automatically creating copies with "- copy" appended. Respondents suggest that Windows 7 defaults to copying files with a suffix rather than prompting for overwrite, especially during drag-and-drop operations, and recommend using "Cut" and "Paste" with the "Move and Replace" option to overwrite files. The overall sentiment is that Windows 7's file management behavior differs from previous Windows versions, and users seek ways to modify or better understand this behavior.
The thread discusses a user's issue with Windows 7 Explorer not prompting for overwriting or copying options when transferring files, instead automatically creating copies with "- copy" appended. Respondents suggest that Windows 7 defaults to copying files with a suffix rather than prompting for overwrite, especially during drag-and-drop operations, and recommend using "Cut" and "Paste" with the "Move and Replace" option to overwrite files. The overall sentiment is that Windows 7's file management behavior differs from previous Windows versions, and users seek ways to modify or better understand this behavior.
Solution
I'm dragging from one folder with the right mouse button pressed and then dropping in the destination folder chosing move here from the menu. The result is the same either the source and destination drives are the same or different partitions/drives. In Vista and XP it would prompt me (even doing copy) - perhaps I changed some setting at the time, don't remember.
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reghakr
Essential Member
Actually, I just did this myself because in copying over my Sysinternals folder, I inadvertently created a sub folder under the original. So I selected all, Chose Cut, went to the main folder and choose Paste and it stated There is already a file with the same name in the destination folder.
I choose Move and Replace and clicked the checkbox and the bottom and it worked fine.
May you want to try this method.
I choose Move and Replace and clicked the checkbox and the bottom and it worked fine.
May you want to try this method.
reghakr
Essential Member
I'm not sure I'm understanding what you're trying to accomplish.
First you state:
Then you state
Could you better describe "I'm copying my old files into my new disk?
What location are you trying to move the files from?
A different partition or a USB drive?
Could you provide a screen shot?
First you state:
Then you state
Could you better describe "I'm copying my old files into my new disk?
What location are you trying to move the files from?
A different partition or a USB drive?
Could you provide a screen shot?
I do this all the time. Fo example if I download the same set of files through soulseek from different users with different folder names but same filenames and then want to put all of them in the same folder on my drive. I could say I was copying my old files to my new disk but that wouldn't aply to waht I'm going to do in the future.
The result is the same either I mover the files from a different partition or from the same.
But nevermind. I just posted in case someone knew.
Thanks
The result is the same either I mover the files from a different partition or from the same.
But nevermind. I just posted in case someone knew.
Thanks