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Stupid Copying and Pasting in XP?
Laughing Man:
Well I'm trying to update my files in my backups (just a backup of music and images I've taken). In Vista and Ubuntu the default copying and pasting is smarter. If I copy and paste, I can choose to ignore existing files that way avoiding the trouble of having to recopy and repasting them.
But in XP I can't seem to do that. It just gives me the option to copy over the existing file/folder, copy over all existing files/folders, no, or cancel.
No seems to do the same thing as cancel.
I'm looking for an application where I can tell it to "ignore the existing files and just copy and paste the new ones over".
-Laughing Man (August 03, 2007, 05:16 PM)
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Err, how about: Windows XP ;)
It's not obvious, but hold SHIFT down while you click 'No' and it'll do just what you're after. :)
Why they couldn't have put a button in the dialogue box that does this is a complete mystery :huh:
-katykaty (August 04, 2007, 11:55 AM)
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Haha and I thought I knew most of the Windows shortcuts. And yes.. why they didn't put it in the dialog box itself is a complete mystery.
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