Did the drag and drop file movement and saving functions evolve in Windows 11?
Did the drag and drop file movement and saving functions evolve in Windows 11?
When using Windows 10, I could open a folder on my desktop and move files from there directly into that folder, saving them without needing to delete them from the desktop. In Windows 11, this process requires using specific keyboard shortcuts—control with shift—to copy and move files. Sometimes it also collects program icons from the desktop and places them in folders because they were selected nearby. There seems to be no option to adjust these settings without accessing the registry.
No, the drag and drop method functions identically to what it did previously.
Your mouse drivers could be damaged. Consider removing them and restarting your device to check if the drag and drop features work again.
attempted to uninstall both items, but the problem persists. I focused on relocating to C: it functions correctly. The files are being moved to D: (my storage drive), which seems to be the source of the issue.
In the same drive differs from transferring to another drive. Inside the identical drive, MOVE is the standard action. To another drive or partition, COPY becomes the standard.
It's normal for a file to shift within the same folder structure without being physically relocated. The actual bits and bytes remain unchanged. When transferring a file to another device, it should either be copied or removed from the original drive, depending on the operation. By default, Windows handles copying without deletion.
Haha! That makes sense. Thanks a lot. My old PC with just one drive was different from the two-drive setup on my laptop.
OK, that explains it. Thanks, I appreciate the explanation. My other PC which I used for years had only 1 drive. I wasn't used to this new 2 drive experience on my laptop.