While dragging an item, press and release the Ctrl, Shift, and Alt keys and
watch Windows change the cursors in real time. As illustrated by
Figure 2-16, you??™ll see a small plus sign whenever you??™re copying, a straight
arrow when moving, or a curved arrow when creating a shortcut. This visual
feedback is very important; it can eliminate a lot of stupid mistakes if you
pay attention to it.
There??™s no way to set the default action for dragging and therefore no way to
avoid using keystrokes or the right mouse button to achieve the desired
results. Even if there were a way to change the default behavior, you probably
wouldn??™t want to do it; imagine if someone else sat down at your computer
and started dragging icons: oh, the horror.
Make a mistake? Press Ctrl-Z to undo most types of file operations. If you??™re
not sure what the last file operation was, open Windows Explorer. Then
right-click an empty area of the folder and hover the mouse over the Undo
menu item. Depending on the last action you took, the menu item will read
Undo Copy, Undo Move, Undo Rename, or Undo Delete. Additionally, if
you have the Status bar visible (press the Alt key to show the menu and then
select View ??? Status bar), Explorer will usually explain what you??™re about
to undo.
Figure 2-15. Drag files with the right mouse button for more control
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Copy or Move to a Specified Path
Dragging and dropping is generally the quickest and easiest way to copy or
move files and folders from one place to another.
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