Re: When is a Move not a Move?

On 30 Mar, 20:26, "Dave-UK" <h...@home.com> wrote:
> "Duncs" <True.Kilted.S...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1311b09c-cddf-4694-85ed->>
> > It looks like I've caused some confusion, by perhaps not explaining
> > what I am trying to achieve.
>
> > I have three hard-drive, c:. d: & e:
>
> > I want to move some files, data, documents and possibly some
> > executables from drive e: to d:. *Previously, in WinXP, I would simply
> > highlight all source files, pressing Ctrl+A, and then dragging the
> > files over to the destination drive, holding down the right mouse
> > button, then releasing it and selecting 'Move' from the popup.
>
> > When I try this in Vista, all goes well up to the point of releasing
> > the right mouse button and selecting Move from the popup. *At this
> > point, as I say in my original post, it goes through the process of
> > discovering files and calculates the number of items / size. *It then
> > just sits there. *When I click on the 'More Information' button, it
> > does show the 'Items remaining' decreasing, but the speed is always 0
> > bytes / sec and it doesn't actually do anything. *When it does
> > eventually go away, there are still files in the 'Items remaining'
> > count and the files I wanted moved, are still in their original
> > location.
>
> > So, how do I move files via drag-and-drop?
>
> > Duncs
>
> Have you got SP1 installed ?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Yes, I have Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit SP1 installed. Does
this make a difference?

Duncs