Solved Set drag and drop to copy not move

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What i want to do is set the default action when i click and drag a file to a different location to be to copy not to move it.

Any ideas on how i would do this?
 

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Hello Imanewbie,

Sorry, but there is no way to do that I'm aware of. :(

However, you could add "Copy to Folder" and "Move to Folder" to the context menu to make copying files to another location easier to.

Hope this helps,
Shawn
 

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The default of Move or Copy changes depending on whether you are working on the same drive or different drives. If you drag to a folder on the same drive, the default is to do a Move. If you drag to a folder on a different drive the default is to Copy. You can use right-click drag instead of left-click drag which will allow you to select to Move or Copy.
 

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strollin said:
The default of Move or Copy changes depending on whether you are working on the same drive or different drives. If you drag to a folder on the same drive, the default is to do a Move. If you drag to a folder on a different drive the default is to Copy. You can use right-click drag instead of left-click drag which will allow you to select to Move or Copy.
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This makes sense. Cheers
 

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To copy a file regardless of the source and target destination, hold down the CTRL key while you drag and drop.

To move a file regardless of the source and target destination, hold down the SHIFT key while you drag and drop.
 

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Bill2 said:
To copy a file regardless of the source and target destination, hold down the CTRL key while you drag and drop.

To move a file regardless of the source and target destination, hold down the SHIFT key while you drag and drop.
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OLD POST ~ but thanks for the info:)
 

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