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how to change the default drag&drop action on a folder in win7
suppose I'm having a folder which is a special folder to me and I always drag&drop many file on it ... I want to change the default {copy to} action to {move to} action ...
this is what I mean:
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Decrease drag threshold with tablet in Windows 7
I'm using Windows 7 with a a Wacom Intuos 3 tablet.
When clicking and dragging, the drag action doesn't seem to be recognized until the cursor has travelled a certain distance, roughly 15-20 pixels. ...
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why doesn't explorer copy files when control-dragged?
In one of my systems, when I drag and drop a file it does not honor the pressing of the control key.
That is, when dragging in the same drive, it always moves files and does not copy them. And when ...
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How to undo an accidental drag and drop
This happens to me in Windows Explorer (and in Outlook): I mean to open a folder and manage to move the mouse and accidentally drag the whole folder ... somewhere. Usually I notice, but not always ...
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How To Drag & Drop Image From Browser Into Image Editor?
Sometimes i am able to drag & drop image from browsers right into any image editing software but not always. Such method allows me to circumvent image saving to hard drive and directly place it ...
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Make Windows always copy files when dragging and dropping them
Is there a way to change the default drag and drop behavior in Windows 7?
As of now it seems that if the location is on the same drive it'll move onto the other, otherwise if they are in different ...
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Exposing all apps/windows while dragging an item (using five fingers)
is there a way to use five fingers on the lion os the way we did on leopard one?
i mean, is it possible to drag an item (and while holding that item with your thumb for example) to expose all ...
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How can I fix the 'empty drag box' effect on Windows Server 2008 R2?
I only have a small problem, which isn't really a problem, more of just an annoyance. When you drag a window around in Server 2008 R2, it just shows a outline, much like Windows 98. Here's a ...
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How do I get this drag-and-drop behaviour back?
I just (finally!) upgraded Python from 2.6 to 2.7, and also installed 3.2 in parallel. I am running Windows Vista.
Before, I could drag-and-drop onto a .py file to run the script, with the dragged ...
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How to drag-select multiple files in Mac OS X?
Here's what I do know:
I can click to select a file
I can click SHIFT to select a range
I can use COMMAND to add or subtract from and existing selection
I can select by clicking on an empty space and ...
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How to fix an ancient Windows XP start menu bug?
I dual-boot Windows 7 and Windows XP. I still use Windows XP for some old software, but I never allow it to go online - the ethernet drivers are disabled in case I forget to power off the cable modem.
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Why can't I drag and drop Outlook 2003 emails into Excel 2003? [closed]
I can drag them into word and visio, why not excel?
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Drag and Drop files disabled in Windows 7 and other weirdness
I'm on Windows 7 Professional and very randomly, my drag and drop function won't work. Only files though, I can still drag windows around. And occasionally, my Windows key won't work neither. AND then ...
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Windows software that lets me drag and drop clipboard contents?
I use Prezi. I'd like to be able to quickly copy an image to my clipboard and paste it into Prezi. Simply copy pasting doesn't work. Dragging and dropping an image does. Is there an application ...
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Abort drag-and-drop from a busy program
When the following happens:
I start a drag-and-drop operation, starting from application ABC.
Application ABC locks up (temporarily)
I release the mouse button
then, until application ABC finishes ...
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How does “Drag and Drop” work in the X window system on Linux?
I'm an old-school dinosaur, and I'd like to understand how drag and drop works on the X window system under Linux. Is it build into the X protocol? Is it a function of the window manager? Do ...
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Seeking Linux window manager, programmable, mouse optional, drag and drop photos
I've been using fvwm for over 20 years. But it doesn't support drag and drop, and I would like to be able to drag and drop photos from some sort of photo viewer into Chrome. I have no idea how drag ...
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How can I drag and drop from Spotlight search results on Mac OS X?
I'd like to hit Cmd-Space, type my query, and then from the list, drag a file to my Desktop or my browser or whatever. The best I have is that with the file highlighted, I can hit Cmd-I and then drag ...
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Can't drag and drop files from OS X Lion to Samba share
I have an Ubuntu box running a Samba share that I use to share files in my network. Since upgrading my mac to Lion I am unable to just drag and drop files from my mac into the mounted drives to copy ...
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Using FVWM on Linux, do I need the “DragWell” extension to drag and drop photos?
I have photos on my hard drive that I would like to upload to Google Plus using drag and drop. But drag and drop does nothing. I don't know which of the following parties are to blame:
Image ...
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Windows 7 maximized windows not draggable: how to enable?
On my current Windows 7 install (relatively stock from Lenovo) I cannot click-and-drag on a maximized window and drag it onto my second monitor.
On my older computer (another Lenovo laptop w/Win7 -in ...
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Move files by default (instead of copy) between volumes
The current default for dragging-and-dropping to a volume F: different from the Windows volume C: is to copy the file/folder. C: and F: are NTFS partitions on the same hard drive.
How can I make the ...
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SFTP shortcut direct from desktop
I'm looking for an open-source application which would allow me to map a desktop shortcut to my webserver and allow file transfers in the same way as drag and drop in Windows Explorer. The connection ...
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Cannot drag tabs in Internet Explorer 9
I used to be able to drag tabs in Internet Explorer, and even drag and drop tabs beteen different top-level Windows. For some reason this stopped working and now I am unable to drag tabs.
Is there ...
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Drag-and-drop a new series onto an Excel chart
In Excel 2003, I can select a new data series and drag it onto an existing chart to add it to that chart. In Excel 2007 I can't. Does anyone know if this functionality was removed or if it is ...
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Win 7 - computer locks up when dragging large video files in explorer or closing them in WMP?
I have a library of 720 and 1080p videos of my son on my computer (Q6600, 3gb ram, ATI 2600 xt, up-to-date win 7).
The problem lately, is that if I view a video, it plays fine. However, once I close ...
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Drag and drop open Windows from server to client and client to server
I was wondering if their is a possibility within Synergy to drag open Windows (like Word or Excel) to the screen of the other system withing the Synergy setup. For example:
I'm working on an Excel ...
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With drag and drop, is there a way to make a destination folder/app window stay on top with the source folder window underneath (Windows and Linux)?
Scenario:
You have a file Window, where you want to drag a file from, and on top of this Window is another window, the destination: an app or other window.
So you click on the file you want on the ...
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Drag and Drop vs. Copy and Paste in Windows Explorer
Is there a difference between dragging and dropping a file vs. copying and pasting in Windows Explorer? I read on a forum that dragging is more reliable than copying. Is this true? Can copying ...
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Opening dragged email messages on a Mac
If I drag an email message from Thunderbird to a text file I get a link that looks like this:
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Dragging IE HTM shortcut to Chrome shortcut
Whenever I drag a shortcut to Chrome...
...a page opens up containing this:
[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://stackoverflow.com/
Whenever I try this with IE, StackOverflow actually opens up. And, ...
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Right Drag on Mac
How do you perform a right-click-drag operation on Mac hardware? I know you can right click, but there does not seem to be a right click drag gesture. In my specific case I am using a MacBook Pro, ...
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how to properly enable drag-and-drop in Windows 7 (with iTunes in particular)
On two computers with Windows 7 at work and at home with the same version of iTunes (10.1.0.56) at work I can drag-and-drop files into iPod, and I can not at home.
At home only adding them first ...
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exception in vmware
Hi:
I am using VMWare 7.1.3 in WIndows 7,and I have built two vitual machines,one is ubuntu,and the other is xp.
However I found some exceptions when I run them:
In the virtual machine,no matter in ...
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How do you increase Dragging Speed for Mac OS X Applications?
Greetings! This question regards dragging stuff to parts of a document which are "off the screen". For example:
Dragging a spreadsheet in iWork Numbers to a part of the document that's "off the ...
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Drag/drop mail folder from Outlook to Explorer export to .pst file?
While working on large-scale projects, I collect all mail conversations pertaining to the project in a separate folder within Outlook. When the project is completed, I want to archive the entire ...
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How to drag and drop files to a (places|launcher) gnome applet
I made a shortcut to my home folder by dragging and dropping it to the panel.
Is there a way that I can drag and drop files to that applet in order to save the file in the folder location?
What I ...
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WinRAR, WinXP SP2: “Drag and drop operation failed”
WinRAR 3.93, WinXP SP2:
Whenever I start trying to drag and drop, it immediately fails (as soon as I click and start moving the mouse) with the message "Drag and drop operation failed".
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Vista Remote Desktop Mouse Drag Not Working
I've been using Remote Desktop to connect from a Windows Vista machine to a Windows XP machine. Everything used to work fine, but a few weeks ago I found that I could not drag things with my mouse. ...
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drag and drop ubuntu without using taskbar is possible?
I'm using ubuntu lucid lynx,
whenever I want to drag and drop any item to other application..
other application's focus is lost and I've to activate it from task-bar and then drop the item on that ...
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Dragging a PDF file to a folder causes a hard freeze. How to debug? Causes?
When I drag some PDF file to some folder it causes my computer to have a hard freeze,
this even disallows me to use CrashOnCtrlScroll to generate a BSOD to see where it hung...
As my HDD & MEM ...
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Prevent drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer from freezing the window?
In some badly-implemented software (in my case, iPhoneBrowser and MP3Gain, but there are others) after dragging a file/folder from explorer into the program, the explorer window will become unusable ...
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Drag and Drop not working after Windows Update
Since last Week i can no longer drag and drop anything on my Windows XP system, not even desktop symbols or tabs in firefox.
It can be related to a windows update as i made one shortly before the ...
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Program for quick, drag and drop file and url sharing
It's common that myself or a colleague will need to send a web page or small file (ie font file) to one another which is usually done by emailing it, but this just seems a bit of a waste of time.
I ...
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How to Drag-and-Move Files between drives on Windows 7 by Default?
Whenever I drag files from my desktop to a secondary drive on my Windows 7 PC it copies by default. I know I can shift+drag it over but what I'd like to do is make the default move instead of copy.
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How do I drag-and-drop files into a text editor in Windows 7
I installed Notepad++ and now want to drag-and-drop files into the editor. But I can't. How do I do this?
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Right-button drag-drop function in Gnome
While I don't really miss the annoyances that go with working on Windows, one thing I do wish I had in Gnome is the ability to hold the right-mouse button down on a file and drag it to get the context ...
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How to drag and drop images from windows explorer to Excel?
When I drag and drop nothing happens, can you make it work?
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Changing drag & drop behaviour in Windows 7's explorer for touch screen use
I have a new touch screen, and am playing around with its functionality. The most productive use for me is organizing files (literally) by hand. It's fun working through a list of files, dragging and ...
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Drag and drop through Remote Desktop Connection
I use remote desktop on a daily basis and I find that I often need to quickly transfer files between my physical PC and the RDP, or even between different multiple remote sessions. I have network ...
