That??™s why you??™ll see Vista??™s nifty confirmation
window (Figure 2-12) just once for 34 conflicts, rather than the 34 individual
confirmations you??™d have to endure in earlier versions of Windows.
Figure 2-11. Seen this window a lot lately? This tiny ???Green Ribbon of Death??? is one of
the signs that not all is right in the world of Vista
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The confirmation window in Figure 2-12 is actually quite
nice because of all the choices you get. If you??™re copying
media files (e.g., photos, videos, PDF documents), you??™ll see
thumbnail previews to aid your decision; you can even rightclick
the thumbnails directly in this window if you want to
work with the files without interrupting the file operation.
What??™s more, you can choose to copy or move the file without
replacing the original, renaming it instead to avoid the
conflict.
The downside is that Explorer must delay your file operation while it prepares
the confirmation window; depending on what it encounters along the
way, this can take forever.
One of the main reasons for the delay is a side effect of User Account
Control, the same security ???feature??? that turns the screen black for an
moment before asking your permission to make a change to your system.
Figure 2-12. This handy new confirmation window lets you deal with all the conflicts at
once, rather than having to click through a bunch of windows, but it ends up causing
other problems
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Naturally, Vista has to examine each file you??™re copying to make sure you
have permission to copy it, and then examine the destination to make
sure you have permission to put the file there.
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