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Working with Files and Folders
What is Windows Explorer if not a file manager at heart? Sure, the Start
menu is a home-base of sorts, but the desktop and your folders are basically
there to store your stuff. When it comes to copying, moving, renaming,
deleting, and opening files, Explorer is where it??™s at. The rest of this chapter
includes topics on tweaking Vista??™s file management features so you can
work with your stuff without getting so annoyed.
Why It Takes So Long to Copy Files
Most people first realize that something is wrong with Vista when they try to
copy or move files, and they see the little green progress window shown in
Figure 2-11. It??™d be understandable to see this window on screen for a
minute or two if you??™re copying a lot of data, but should it really take three
full minutes to move one small file, or eight minutes to delete another?
This is one of two ???Green Ribbons of Death??? in Windows Vista, the other
being the larger progress bar??”the one dissected in Chapter 6??”that
appears at the top of the Windows Explorer window in the address bar/path
box. So, what??™s going on?
It turns out that several things can cause Windows Explorer to take a long time
copying, moving, or deleting files, and some of them are actually legitimate.
First, Windows Explorer takes time to examine the files and folders you??™re
copying, moving, etc., and checks??”ahead of time??”to see whether there
are any conflicts, such as existing files in the destination folder or security
issues that need your attention.
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