Post #234,104
11/14/05 4:35:24 PM
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I drag'n'drop with the left button all day long, and it copies by default.
Executables get linked, though.
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Post #234,130
11/14/05 6:43:42 PM
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How about folders?
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Post #234,190
11/15/05 1:35:22 AM
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Yep.
And just for the sake of clarity, I am talking about copying to and from the network.
Your users are doing something odd.
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Post #234,165
11/14/05 9:55:11 PM
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I've seen Windows default to link for everything.
I haven't seen it in a while, but I suspect it was to do with something slightly funky with a network share. Or perhaps it was that some folders can have some Microsoft Magic that takes only links normally.
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Post #234,191
11/15/05 1:36:35 AM
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I haven't.
And I'm willing to bet the other Windows support folks on here (Don, Thane, etc) haven't, either.
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Post #234,194
11/15/05 2:21:08 AM
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It caught me off guard . . .
. . and I started warning clients about it when I encountered it on their machines - particularly when backing up to rewritable CD but also often to server drives. If somebody hasn't noticed it, maybe they should look just to make sure.
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Post #234,221
11/15/05 9:59:35 AM
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Same Drive == Move, Different Drive == Link
How it works here on eXtremePain. And on my 2K box at home. Everyone once in awhile I forget to right mouse and have to redo.
I take it back. Just tried it on XP, actually did a copy this time.
Hmmmmm
I have experienced the situation that Andrew described.
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Post #234,223
11/15/05 10:08:05 AM
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Re: Same Drive == Move, Different Drive == Link
Different drive = copy, except for executables, which is link. That's the default behaviour.
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Post #234,359
11/15/05 7:33:53 PM
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Yes, but the point it that some have.
Obviously Andrew has seen evidence of Windows make a link out of an ordinary file when dragging instead of copying. I just said I've seen it, but it was so long ago I don't recall how it happened (and I can't test here because my PC runs Linux).
I believe you if you *haven't* seen it, but anecdotal evidence is pointing to it can happen. In the face of that, denying the possibility is not helpful.
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