Moving a folder

New Vista user

In Windows Explorer when I attempt to drag a folder from one place to
another in the folder tree, Vista produces an extremely large movable icon
of the folder. Somewhere within this is icon is a small arrow pointer. The
result is that I frequently drop the folder in the wrong place.

(How) can I restore the dragging folder icon to the smaller more manageable
size of Windows XP?

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PT

I don't think there's a way to do that. If you do put it in the wrong place,
you can always right click and select undo move. When you're in Windows
explorer, if you have the folder pane on the side, when you hover the giant
icon over where you want to move it, it should highlit the folder you're
moving the thing to. If you also hold it over for a few seconds, it should
say "Move to %destination%" Just replace destination with what it says and
there you go. Other than that, I don't think you can make that monstrosity
smaller.
"PT" <> wrote in message
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> New Vista user
>
> In Windows Explorer when I attempt to drag a folder from one place to
> another in the folder tree, Vista produces an extremely large movable icon
> of the folder. Somewhere within this is icon is a small arrow pointer.
> The result is that I frequently drop the folder in the wrong place.
>
> (How) can I restore the dragging folder icon to the smaller more
> manageable size of Windows XP?
>
> --
>
> PT
>

On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:45:26 -0700, "PT" <> wrote:

>New Vista user
>
>In Windows Explorer when I attempt to drag a folder from one place to
>another in the folder tree, Vista produces an extremely large movable icon
>of the folder. Somewhere within this is icon is a small arrow pointer. The
>result is that I frequently drop the folder in the wrong place.
>
>(How) can I restore the dragging folder icon to the smaller more manageable
>size of Windows XP?

I use Xplorer2 which uses split screens ; I just drag and drop across
the screens .

On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:45:26 -0700, "PT" <> wrote:

>New Vista user
>
>In Windows Explorer when I attempt to drag a folder from one place to
>another in the folder tree, Vista produces an extremely large movable icon
>of the folder. Somewhere within this is icon is a small arrow pointer. The
>result is that I frequently drop the folder in the wrong place.
>
>(How) can I restore the dragging folder icon to the smaller more manageable
>size of Windows XP?

Try changing to "details" view first if you have not. I only see large
icons in d&d when I am in large icon mode in the folders themselves.