Copy/Overwrite?

Hi,

Working through my first Vista experience, Ultimate 64-bit. In Windows
Explorer, the copy command overwrites a same named file at the destination
w/o a warning.

Is there some way to change that behavior? Obviously, I'd much prefer a
warning....

Best,

Craig

When I use the copy command for the same named file, it gives me a warning
and three choices.

--
Paul


"Craig H. Foster" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Working through my first Vista experience, Ultimate 64-bit. In Windows
> Explorer, the copy command overwrites a same named file at the destination
> w/o a warning.
>
> Is there some way to change that behavior? Obviously, I'd much prefer a
> warning....
>
> Best,
>
> Craig

If I copy a file from my HD to another folder on that HD, it works as you
say. However these problems happened when copying from a network HD to my
local HD.

Thanks,

Craig

"PaulB" wrote:

> When I use the copy command for the same named file, it gives me a warning
> and three choices.
>
> --
> Paul
>
>
> "Craig H. Foster" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Working through my first Vista experience, Ultimate 64-bit. In Windows
> > Explorer, the copy command overwrites a same named file at the destination
> > w/o a warning.
> >
> > Is there some way to change that behavior? Obviously, I'd much prefer a
> > warning....
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Craig

I just tried copying from a network drive to my local drive and it warned me
and gave me the choices. I wish I could offer a suggestion.
--
Paul


"Craig H. Foster" wrote:

> If I copy a file from my HD to another folder on that HD, it works as you
> say. However these problems happened when copying from a network HD to my
> local HD.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Craig
>
> "PaulB" wrote:
>
> > When I use the copy command for the same named file, it gives me a warning
> > and three choices.
> >
> > --
> > Paul
> >
> >
> > "Craig H. Foster" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Working through my first Vista experience, Ultimate 64-bit. In Windows
> > > Explorer, the copy command overwrites a same named file at the destination
> > > w/o a warning.
> > >
> > > Is there some way to change that behavior? Obviously, I'd much prefer a
> > > warning....
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Craig

I probably should have tested this before posting, but I tried to copy a
small file from my network HD to my local one and it worked fine. However,
copying to my second (d drive, it made a "copy of" instead of giving me a
overwrite warning. The files I had had problems with were destined for that
same d: drive. Also they were VERY large (ie 48 GB). Strange.

I had read that Vista has some problems wrt send drives?

Craig

"PaulB" wrote:

> I just tried copying from a network drive to my local drive and it warned me
> and gave me the choices. I wish I could offer a suggestion.
> --
> Paul
>
>
> "Craig H. Foster" wrote:
>
> > If I copy a file from my HD to another folder on that HD, it works as you
> > say. However these problems happened when copying from a network HD to my
> > local HD.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Craig
> >
> > "PaulB" wrote:
> >
> > > When I use the copy command for the same named file, it gives me a warning
> > > and three choices.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Paul
> > >
> > >
> > > "Craig H. Foster" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Working through my first Vista experience, Ultimate 64-bit. In Windows
> > > > Explorer, the copy command overwrites a same named file at the destination
> > > > w/o a warning.
> > > >
> > > > Is there some way to change that behavior? Obviously, I'd much prefer a
> > > > warning....
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > >
> > > > Craig