Now, here??™s how to override those rules:
Always copy. To copy an object, hold the Ctrl key while dragging. If you
press Ctrl before you click, Windows assumes you??™re still selecting files
(explained in the previous section), so make sure to press it only after
you??™ve started dragging but before you let go of the mouse button. (The
exceptions are system objects, like Control Panel icons, that cannot be
copied.)
Duplicate an object. Hold the Ctrl key while dragging an object from one
part of a folder to another part of the same folder.
Always move. To move an object, hold the Shift key while dragging. Likewise,
if you press Shift before you click, Windows assumes you??™re still
selecting files, so make sure to press it only after you??™ve started dragging
but before you let go. (Of course, system objects and read-only
files, like those on a CD, cannot be moved.)
Always create a shortcut. To create a shortcut to an object under any situation,
hold the Alt key while dragging.
Choose on the fly. To choose what happens to dragged files each time without
having to press any keys, drag your files with the right mouse button,
and a special menu like the one in Figure 2-15 will appear when
you drop the files. This context menu is especially helpful, because it
will display only options appropriate to the type of object you??™re dragging
and the place where you??™ve dropped it.
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To help you predict what will happen, even if you haven??™t memorized the
rules, Windows changes the mouse cursor to indicate what it intends to do.
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