Copy files in windows 10

lindabea

I'm trying to copy openoffice documents from 1 folder to another using the grab and drop. When I move the cursor to the destination folder, I'm getting 'move to' instead of 'copy to' Can someone please explain what I need to do to have some control over this issue. I have done copy to before, so I don't understand why it's seems to be defaulting to the move to. It seems like sometimes I get move to and other times I get copy to

Oblivion

Purely a guess as I don't have Win 10 and never want it ... but perhaps holding down the Ctrl key as you drag and drop ???

pappa_golf

drag = move it
copy = create a copy , in another location


this is nothing specific to win 10

lindabea

pappa_golf wrote: »

drag = move it
copy = create a copy , in another location


this is nothing specific to win 10

I know it's not specific to W10, as I have done the same thing with previous versions of windows. What I don't know however is how to control windows to do 1 or the other

trevorwat

Drag using right click. Release and menu pops up to chose copy or move.... I think!

lindabea

Oblivion wrote: »

Purely a guess as I don't have Win 10 and never want it ... but perhaps holding down the Ctrl key as you drag and drop ???

Thank you Oblivion - your suggestion seems to work. Holding the Ctrl key makes a copy of the file :T

pappa_golf

lindabea wrote: »

I'm trying to copy openoffice documents from 1 folder to another using the grab and drop. When I move the cursor to the destination folder, I'm getting 'move to' instead of 'copy to' Can someone please explain what I need to do to have some control over this issue. I have done copy to before, so I don't understand why it's seems to be defaulting to the move to. It seems like sometimes I get move to and other times I get copy to

either accept move to , or as suggested , right click and click copy (to memory) , open new folder , click on a blank space and say paste


this type of file movement has been used since adam was ,,,,, or even the first version of windows

lindabea

Trevorwat wrote: »

Drag using right click. Release and menu pops up to chose copy or move.... I think!

Thank you Trevor - this also works.

debitcardmayhem

Select file(s)
ctrl+c(copy) then ctrl+v to paste =copy
ctrl+x(cut) then ctrl+v to paste =move

but hey I hate touchpads on my lappy

esuhl

pappa_golf wrote: »

drag = move it
copy = create a copy , in another location


this is nothing specific to win 10

I'm not using Windows, so I can't check... but doesn't it depend on whether you're dragging the icon to the same drive or not?

IIRC (which maybe I don't!), dragging to a folder on the same drive results in copying, but dragging to a different drive results in moving.

(You can see a little "+" on the icon you're dragging if the file will be copied.)

wongataa

esuhl wrote: »

I'm not using Windows, so I can't check... but doesn't it depend on whether you're dragging the icon to the same drive or not?

IIRC (which maybe I don't!), dragging to a folder on the same drive results in copying, but dragging to a different drive results in moving.

(You can see a little "+" on the icon you're dragging if the file will be copied.)

You are not quite correct. Drag and drop to a different drive will create a copy. Drag and drop to somewhere on the same drive will perform a move.