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I've just tried to create a shortcut of the Music folder by dragging it
to the desktop, but instead vista places a duplicate (not a copy or a
shortcut) of the folder to the desktop.
It gets better, i then decided to delete what i thought was the music
folder shortcut located on the desktop and hastily clicked the yes
button to trash it.
I'm assuming the file names were too big for the bin, and lost over
1300 songs!
I'm just after some answers as to why vista does this?
Just FYI, the right way to get it off your desktop is to drag it back
to it's default folder.
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Drag to desktop = a move
ctrl + drag to desktop = a copy
You don't think that a duplicate is the same as a copy?? Why not?
I have never seen dragging to desktop create a shortcut! But then, maybe I
am deprived.
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You can right click and drag and get the choice to create a shortcut
john
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But the O/P didn't SAY right click drag. He implied a normal drag!
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MeNAce01;702905 Wrote:
Hello MeNAce01,
1. When you want a shortcut of any file/folder, right click. One of the
options will be " create a shortcut". Not a good idea to move a folder
from it's original location, particularly if it has a shortcut on the
desktop.
2. The recycle bin is capable to hold "garbage" equivalent to 10% of
your hard drive available space. Over that it will start purging old
ones . Without knowing how big was the TOTAL size of the music folder,
as well as how much space is left availabe in your C drive, I would
speculate that the size of the music folder exceeds that 10% quota, thus
you lost some music files. You might want to check how much space left
in your C drive. If it's low, you might want to decrese the size number
of your recycle bin.
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On Mon, 5 May 2008 08:34:58 +0530, MeNAce01
So, that's shortcuts but I'm concerned about your songs! If all other
avenues exhausted try to recover what you can with this
http://www.pandorarecovery.com/download/
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In message "Richard Urban"
Correct -- Dragging a folder is not the correct way to create a
shortcut, dragging a folder either copies or moves the folder, depending
on the context.
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Richard Urban;3712559 Wrote:
It's not a copy because if I delete one folder both are deleted, this
only happens with the Green folders eg. Music, Videos, Documents
t-4-2;3712563 Wrote:
I have 2x250G raid0 and around 100GB free. and the 1300 songs were only
around 7-8GBs
tophy;3713149 Wrote:
Thanks I'll give it a try.
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| | | | | Post in reply to: MeNAce01
If your drag and drop target is a different hard drive volume than your
source, the drop action is a copy rather than a move.
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On Tue, 6 May 2008 01:10:00 -0700, "Bender"
Personally, I find the rule for whether it's a copy or a move
unintuitive and hard to remember. So my preference is always to
*right* drag, which results in my being prompted for which it is.
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