Nancy
Sat Jun 14 09:31:00 PDT 2008
What did work is when I only opened one explorer and drug from the right
screen to the left. The other way around open the folder. However I need two
Window Explorers open jsut due to the long list of files.
That said I figured something out. Both my newly created folders and my
graphic files in the old folders were on the same drive. I moved the new
folders that I drag things into on a different drive. I know have 2 window
explorers open and I can drag from the old drive to the new one on teh 2nd
explorer and it does not open the folder. So I guess that solves my problem.
It was a minor thing but due to how much was in each folder and how many I
have to move it was adding quite a bit more time to an already time consuming
project.
Thanks for you ideas and help!
Nancy
"Shenan Stanley" wrote:
> Nancy wrote:
> > I'm organzing HUNDREDS of graphics on my machine in Windows
> > Explorer. I created basic folders with titles to organize them
> > into. Now I am finding my old folders that hold my graphics and am
> > dragging them into the newly created folders.
> >
> > Problem is ever time I drag one over, the new folder automatically
> > opens up to display all the files in it. Is there a way to stop
> > that?
> >
> > I have to close the folder every time because it then pushes my
> > other folders below out of sight.
> >
> > Is it possible to force folders to NOT open when dragging items or
> > folders into them via Windows Explorer?
>
> I think you are hovering too long.
>
> Are you using "Windows Explorer" in the classical sense - with the folder
> list on the left - file list on the right? Or "My Computer" - with just a
> big list of everything?
>
> Is this a laptop with a touchpad by chance?
>
> Open "My Computer" --> "Tools" --> "Folder Options" --> "General" tab...
> What is the setting under "Click Items as Follows"?
>
> If you drag and drop using the right mouse button instead of the left - what
> happens?
>
> If you highlight what you want (as many as you want- using SHIFT or CTRL)
> and then right-click on the higlighted (or one of them) and choose "cut" and
> then right-click on the folder you want to put it all in and choose
> "paste" - does that work for you?
>
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> Shenan Stanley
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