Comments on: Fixing Annoyances: Stop Windows from Copying Files Accidentally When Ctrl-Click Selecting

By: ADKR

ADKR — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:23:55 +0000

Great fix to a many year nagging problem. Thanks.

By: catie

catie — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:24:11 +0000

Angie has a brilliant future.
Some may wish to undo rather than Tweak U or I and have another program onboard.
Aye.

By: NKA

NKA — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:12:59 +0000

OMG, thanks so much for this little fix. I can’t tell you how many times this has happened to me, but no longer! Thanks.

By: The Geek

The Geek — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:01:00 +0000

Angie’s suggestion is definitely a good one… I might modify the article to include it.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:23:40 +0000

ctrl+z is undo. That’s for if you aren’t in an explorer window where you can do Edit | Undo as Angie said.

By: catie

catie — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:57:27 +0000

[....Lost in translation....]
Anyway….Thanks for the [Quotation marks] Ctrl [does not equal] I want 2 [Close quotation marks] fix.

By: catie

catie — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:47:26 +0000

I will live longer due to your intervention.
I am a PC abuser. Yes. My name is Catie and I am an abuser of Microsoft components and operating systems. I liked the 1st mouse. Lots. Win 3.1 = yippie! and 3.2 was better!
They pulled the plug on actual improvements after Windows 3.2. The bandages are quite pretty, now. They slap stuff together and then keep trying to fix it. It is nuts. Do these guys own Mac stocks?

Microsoft is driving me insane by ?gimproving?h its products continuously. Vista + 2 more OS intros and a Wizard will ask you if you would like to follow the yellow brick firewall to absolutely nowhere. The screensaver will be breathtakingly beautiful.
I want my pc to do what I ask. Not more, less or what someone in Redmond WA wants it to do or thinks I should want it to do.
USER FRIENDLY = Stuff that I don?ft ask for, hate and can?ft stop.
Do I feel friendly? I think it is user hostile. I am the user. I do not like my box to do a single thing unauthorized by me.
[Programming bites. Typing is a drag. But I am going to build my own beast one day...]

They act like there is no true user; all things automated or always off.
So, if the user cannot push buttons, why do these things come with keyboards? Who will be watching or listening to the Auto play whatever?

Anyway….Thanks for the ?gCtrl ?� I want 2?h fix.
Why would it be ?guser friendly?h to duplicate folders/files? What were they thinking? It was killing me.
You are my savior.
Live long, dance the Cha-Cha on Tuesdays, laugh at lawyers and practice good posture.

Love, sweat and beers Catie

By: RonCam

RonCam — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:51:16 +0000

@The Geek

Thanks for the careful explanation. I understand now, and was able to duplicate the problem. I did follow your advice and made the recommended changes with TweakUI, to prevent future problems.

Incidentally, your TweakUI and Regedit (same Registry locations) methods seem to work identically for the entire NT family, at least with 5.0 and up, except for Vista, as explained in the article.

By: The Geek

The Geek — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:59:09 +0000

@RonCam

The problem is yes, left-clicking, but not when you are trying to drag the files. The problem is when you are trying to select multiple files and accidentally move the mouse slightly while clicking down to select a file. The problem can be compounded by slow computers or other things causing the mouse movement to “hiccup” while you are doing this.

By: RonCam

RonCam — Mon, 05 May 2008 20:39:44 +0000

@Angie
Probably the best suggestion of all, even better than “right-click and drag”, because most Windows users by force of habit will forget and use the “left click”.