Drag and drop = copying instead of moving


  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7
       #1

    Drag and drop = copying instead of moving


    Hi,
    When ever I drag and drop an item from one windows explorer file to the other it seems to copy, paste when I want it to cut, paste/move to. Is there any way to solve this? It will let me 'cut, paste/ move to' an item using drag and drop if I hold down the shift key but I am extremely lazy so I made this post to see if I could fix it. Please help me if you have a solution. I have read other posts that have the same problem but the other way around so there must be some way to fix this issue. Well, hope for your help soon.
    - Lazordog


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  2. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #2

    hold the shift key when you move it.
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  3. Posts : 4
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Britton30 said:
    hold the shift key when you move it.
    Too lazy, I just want a fix
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  4. Posts : 138
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #4

    You can try this

    Drag'n'Drop Editor
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  5. Posts : 4
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #5

    aakshat said:
    You can try this

    Drag'n'Drop Editor
    Thanks man :)
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  6. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #6

    Right mouse button dragging gives options/ left mouse button doesn't,
    Cheers.
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  7. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #7

    Brilliant Mike!
    Yes, release the right button after dragging the item and the following options appear. 7-Zip shows if youhave it installed.

    Drag and drop = copying instead of moving-rt-click-ooptions.png
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  8. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #8

    Thanks Gary,
    Never knew about 7-Zip being listed since I don't have it installed,
    Personally Cancel is my favorite because accidently dropping to the wrong location does happen
    Cheers.
    Last edited by ThrashZone; 24 Oct 2013 at 22:36. Reason: Oopsie
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  9. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #9

    No, you're Mike? Me Gary. :)
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