Questions tagged [copy]
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Ctrl+Shift+Right to select the word only (no whitespace)
It drives me crazy trying to select whole words without whitespace. Ctrl+Shift+Left, when at the end of a word, will select the full word. But Ctrl+Shift+Right, at the beginning of a word, will select ...
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How to stop Windows from changing date modified when copying files from network?
Since the release of KB5039212 on June 11, 2024 the modification date of files changes when copied from a network for example from a network attached storage (NAS) with Windows File Explorer.
This ...
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GUI file copy stalls to HDD Enclosure. ROBOCOPY fine
I have this 2.5” SATA HDD/SSD USB 3 enclosure. It’s just purchased in Mar-24.
https://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B0BG62HMDJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I tested it on my Toshiba ...
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directory will not accept file/folder with a certain name
iMac, MacOS12.7.2, file system on both source and destination discs are APFS
I have been trying to copy a big folder (2TB) with many subfolders and run into errors because in some (fewer than .5%) ...
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USB 3 slow speed: ~8 mb/s
I have a Z390 ASUS Maximus XI Hero with 3.1 USB support and a Toshiba KIOXIA TransMemory U366 USB Flash Drive 32GB USB3.2 Flash advertised with 100 MB/s.
Yet when I copy anything, I end up with this ...
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Ghost images when copying but not when scanning or printing
Samsung M2876ND MFC is causing ghost images when any document is copied via the copy button on the device. The ghost images do not overlap the real images, but are printed several inches away.
But ...
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Docker ERROR: failed to solve: cannot copy to non-directory when copying to
Similar to this question, but when copying from a previous FROM target (source):
COPY --from=sqitch-build /app .
This worked fine until recently, when it started emitting this error:
ERROR: failed to ...
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How do I set FastCopy as the default copy handler? [duplicate]
Teracopy and killcopy, and ultrafastcopy all have a feature to be set as the default copy handler, fastcopy does not. Is there some reg tweak the others are doing to achieve it? I'd like to be able to ...
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Copy Excel row of information being pulled from a tab into a second row, but only changing the tab it's being pulled from
I currently have an Excel row on a Summary Tab that is pulling information from a separate tab. (="Hood 1'!G12) is an example of one of the cells. Since there are over 800 cells in the row, I'm ...
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How to set multiple keyboard shortcuts in Notepad++ to the same function?
I am used to Ctrl+Insert as my shortcut for "Copy to clipboard". Also Shift+Insert for "Paste" and Ctrl+Delete for "Cut".
Recently, these shortcuts stopped working in ...
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How can I copy a folder so that Windows Explorer takes into account file overlap before computing if there's enough storage space to copy the files?
As I was copying a few files between two external hard disks with Windows Explorer, my laptop running Windows 10 crashed. I restarted Windows, and I am trying to reinitiate the file copy operation. ...
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What's the formula for referring cell values from every column in a row from Sheet 'A' to every 'nth' column in a row in Sheet'B'?
Cell values in Sheet'A' :
A1 - 1
B1 - 2
C1 - 3
D1 - 4
E1 - 5
F1 - 6
G1 - 7
H1 - 8
I1 - 9
J1 - 10
K1 - 11
L1 - 12
M1 - 13
N1 - 14
O1 - 15
P1 - 16
Q1 - 17
And so on...
Values required to copy in Sheet&...
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Command Prompt link folder files to another drive and folder like a shortcut
What is the command syntax to link file folder files from one drive to another drive, folder
Example:
Link drives from a full drive C: Documents (all files) to D: Documents (linked back to the C: ...
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ffmpeg fails to detect subtitles
Just encoding an episode of Game of Thrones, Season 5, Episode 6 - Unbowed Unbent Unbroken. First copy to a temporary file, and thats whats fails to detect all subtitles. Here is an example that works,...
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Copying to Microsoft Excel with specs of text
When I copy text from another program to Excel, it does not preserve the properties of the text, such as being bold or italic. It pastes it as a plain text. Is there any way to save the text to Excel ...
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How to emulate rsync into cp to copy all files from source that dont exist in destination disk and update existing ones?
Rsync is halting when reading bad sectors, then the hdd is going in a very bad mode than needs special rescue. It is the 3rd time that this happens to my disks. The disk was very functional except for ...
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Need Help To Copy "AppData" Folder Onto External Storage
I've asked around a number of forums to learn about the least-troublesome, most-straightforward means of backing up the "AppData" folder from an external laptop disk drive onto an external ...
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What is likely to cause very slow file copy over 10Gb NICs?
Copying data across my local network is extremely slow. The network in question is 10Gbe only. That is everything on the 10.0.2.0 subnet is 10Gbe and every device/switch is on the same VLAN with jumbo ...
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Scheduled robocopy in PowerShell from WebDAV shares not work with IIS share but with Nginx share
Please, help with my WebDAVs scheduled copy. I have two WebDAVs, one on Debian11/Nginx, the other on WindowsServer2019/IIS. I want to make a scheduled backup copy from both on my Windows 11. Fragment ...
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clone/copy/create a new skype group from another skype group with removal of some of the participants
I want to create a new Skype group with almost all the participants from another Skype group (~100 participants); how can I do that, without noting down each colleague's id and, latter, add him/her in ...
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Bring back "Copy, but keep both files" option in Windows 10? Some users seem to have it, others don't
Somewhere during the release of Windows 8, the option to "keep both files" for whenever you copy a file with the same filename from a different directory was removed. It was instead replaced ...
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Copy all files except those already present
So my problem is I have to move a folder with 120k files from a to b via c. (As a and b are not on the same system, but c is available to both)
The systems are debian-based.
However c is limited in ...
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Copying Sheets and cell references
Let's say I have "Sheet A" and "Sheet B" within the same workbook.
Sheet B has a cell that references Sheet "A" i.e. ='Sheet A '!Q20
I want to copy Sheet B and Create &...
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Why do I lose clipboard data after copying a file?
Wondering why I lose clipboard data when copying a file. After selecting a string of text and copying it to the clipboard this copied text data is somehow lost if I select a file and copy it in ...
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Copy several files listed in a text file to a new folder when list file contain different paths
I would like to copy several files (with different paths) in one folder.
I tried this solution explained here page of example on stackexchange
but when I run the file (I choosed .bat file) I have &...
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Windows 10 - script with regex to compare partial filenames and copy over ones that don't exist
I'm running Windows 10.
I'd like to copy many files from a folder into another, and probably I need a script, or any else solution that can do it.
I have 2 folders:
the folder A contains files named ...
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How to compare files by dimension (pixel resolution) when copying in Windows 7
How to compare files by dimension (pixel resolution) when copying in Windows 7?
When copying a file into a folder
Windows compares them by size and date modified:
Is there a way add a third compare ...
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Copying Specific Subfolder from Multiple Top Level Folders to a Network Path
I have multiple top level folders (about 30) with one particular subfolder I need to copy to another network path (Windows10).
I am trying to see if there is a script or PowerShell command that will ...
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Moving or copying single character folders names in windows explorer causes explorer crash
I have found a very specific bug in Windows in which folders whose names only have a single character cannot be copied/moved. If I have a folder named 'Q', and in explorer attempt to drag copy or move ...
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Retrieve the latest data in a column
I have 3/4 columns with revision numbers (P01, P02, P03 etc.), I would like to construct a formula that shows me the latest revision number in a new column so that i don't need to scroll to the far ...
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Is it possible to switch between items copied in the clipboard?
I'm using Clipboard Indicator listed here: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/779/clipboard-indicator/
This allows me to keep multiple items in the clipboard and select or use them without having ...
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How to copy Files from One folder to another using third folder as a reference ? (Ubuntu/Linux/rsync)
OS - Ubuntu Linux , Utility preferred - rsync
Is it possible to copy all files from first folder (1/folder) to the third folder (3/folder) that are newer than or not existing in the second folder (2/...
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How to copy files changed in last 20 days to a different location recusively
I found a code here (on this site) which allows copying of files changed in last 20 days. My issue is that I have a folder with many subfolders and some subfolders could be 8 or more levels deeps. I ...
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Windows 10 adds blank clipboard entry after copying
Windows 10 adds blank clipboard entry after copying a selection:
I don't know why it happens. I use murgee maybe it causes this problem?
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PC to phone file transfer speed
I have a OnePlus 10 Pro device with USB Type C 3.1 (according to gsmarena).
I am trying to transfer huge files from it to my pc using the USB cable, but the speed is only 45MB/s which is the max speed ...
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Winzip cmd line gives fatal error
I'm trying to add folders from a mapped network drive into a zip file using winzip command line but everytime I am receiving this error:
FATAL ERROR: assert failure (WzZipAdd.c@1346)
Please send the ...
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Can I force Linux to write data at the start of a file system?
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Is there a command to force Linux to write a file (for example a PDF file, MP3, anything really) at the start of a file system ? I don't thing that # dd does the trick, because the inode table ...
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7zip how to copy file from zip to another zip
In 7zip with 2 panel view, I have 2 different zips open on both sides. I can drag and drop one file from inside the zip on the left side inside the right hand side zip file but it only preserves the ...
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Linux copy all files and folders except for one folder to another folder
I have the following content in a folder
Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
File 1
File 2
File 3
I'm trying to use the command line to move all folders and files except Folder 1, to Folder 1. That is, Folder ...
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ddrescue: proper command to make copy of a copy
I am copying my failing/dying hard drive with ddrescue, and after almost 15 days, the process is around 84% and expects to finish Pass 1, in next 4 or 5 days hopefully.
History (With reference to ...
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Why does not PRIMARY buffer work in VIM sometimes?
I edited /var/log/cups/error_log with VIM and, as I usually do when I have to copy from VIM and paste at some place else, I used the PRIMARY buffer. So far it never failed; but this time it did not ...
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Backing Up Large File with Small Changes
I have a large file that is backed up to a USB drive. Can I avoid having to copy the entire file each time a small change is made? I need something like rsync, but for Windows and without the need for ...
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ddrescue, second diskcopy when used larger disk for diskcopy for first copy form a failing HDD
I have a failing hard drive and after first using Testdisk which was going on very slow, I am using ddrescue to copy the disk. The original disk is a 2TB drive and had 4 NTFS partitions (which I had ...
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Auto Copy Selected Text to Clipboard [closed]
I would ask for a script that copies selected text to the clipboard of windows touch screen to use with the dictionary app. I found scripts that will auto copy the selected text to the Window ...
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Copy multiple files/filetypes - from different folders (list of paths) - to a other folder
Like the title says.
I found this here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1294140
set dSource=C:\tmp\Aufgaben\Tom VPKs
set dTarget=C:\tmp
set fType=*.eps
for /f "delims=" %%f in ('dir /a-d /b /s &...
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Why website copy tools like Cyotek WebCopy and HTTrack cannot find files that search engines like Google can?
I would like to keep the target website private, but here are some details:
It's a personal (as in single-author) public documentation / portfolio / blog sort of website
It seems to be hosted using ...
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How to get and copy all files that have the same file name but different extension name using Powershell?
I've been trying to filter out my RAW images(.ARW) from my SONY camera to my PC and was thinking to do it by viewing all .JPG images and deleting other .JPG images I do not like.
Once I get the chose ....
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HOW TO COPY INTERACTIVE IMAGE
I would like to ask if is somehow an easy way to copy an interactive image from website?
Lets say this site https://metar-taf.com/. It has an image that is updated and when you mouse over you see the ...
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From no raid to raid 1 without dataloss
So im currently using a single 8Tb HDD plugged into my Laptop.
I was thinking about buying an Icybox and another 8Tb HDD and then using the hardware raid 1 of the icybox.
Could that be achieved ...
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Does anyone know how to lighten a drawing from .tiff file?
I have a photocopy of an old machine drawing from 1982. It looks like it has been taped and I have been tasked with trying to edit the drawing so that it is eligible. Other from lightening the ...
