How to copy pictures, not move?


  1. Posts : 211
    Acer Aspire 7738G Win 7 X64 bit Home Premium
       #1

    How to copy pictures, not move?


    Hi
    Is there a way to change settings for when I drag a picture to another folder from MOVE to COPY? I know you can hold ctl and drag, but I thought before in XP I just dragged them? Maybe not??
    I want to make a collection of pictures to take to be printed, but can only move at the moment.


    Thanks in advance.
    Neil
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  2. Posts : 31,249
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
       #2

    You can either use the right click and copy/paste

    or

    if using the drag and drop if you hold the Ctrl key after starting the drag operation this will change from move to copy.

    The rules for drag and drop are fixed so that items dragged are moved to another folder on the same drive and copied to another drive the Ctrl or Shift keys may be used to modify the action (check the + on the little folder Icon.

    This is the same behaviour as has been with Windows since the beginning
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  3. Posts : 1,011
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 (Retail)
       #3

    If you want to add a "copy to folder" and/or "move to folder" menu item to the explorer right click context menu you can use a little free app to add those. It's called the "ultimate windows tweaker" and doesn't even need to be installed. You just run it, check some boxes and it's done. Never have to run the app again unless you want to remove those menu items at some later time. Here's a screen shot of the part of the app that lets you add those menu items.
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  4. Posts : 211
    Acer Aspire 7738G Win 7 X64 bit Home Premium
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       #4

    Excellent,, thanks.
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