Using the "Customize" for the Explorer Toolbar, you can add buttons for "CopyTo" and "MoveTo" that will each do exactly what they say. They each open a destination Browse window so you can find the exact spot to which you want to copy or move a file or folder.
I don't like the double-paned explorer window and I never use it, so I set folder options to remember the settings for each folder and then, as I use folders, I set them up I want them - usually to "List" view, and size and place the window where I want it. I generally place all subfolders so that their "close" Xs line up & cover each other - then I can close a large number of windows rapidly without moving the mouse. There is a tweak (Karen's I think) that will up the number of remembered folder view/positions to 8000. I have thousands of documents, but "My Documents" folder contains only broad folder categories (Downloads, Financial, Entertainment, Home & Garden, Support, Shopping, etc that are further divided from there) and is sized to a thin one-page list that I keep on the right edge of my screen (with a shortcut to it in the taskbar). I have colored folder icons on the ones I use most often to help me find them quickly. I can get to any document very quickly and with CopyTo and MoveTo buttons on the tool bar, browse to where I want to move or copy a file very quickly.
If you don't know how to put new buttons on the Explorer toolbar, or how to put a shortcut to a folder on the taskbar, post again and ask about that.
Anna Summers
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Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 1:30 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Tweaks for XP
Lynn wrote: Didn't there used to be a tweak in Win95 where you could move a file instead of using the send to. What I'm looking for is some shortcut that would move a file from C drive to F drive and not just copy it to F. I don't want to have to delete stuff after I've used the move command. I'm running WinXP
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