| Subject: Moving folders with thumbs.db or other system files |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management |
| Date: 6/14/2008 3:14:09 AM |
| From: "Jim Combs" [Email Address Protection] |
When I move a folder(s) in Vista (Ultimate 32bit and x64) that contains system files such as thumbs.db and choose to have these files moved to the new location along with the other files in the folder, the source folder is not deleted as it should be. An empty folder remains. This occurs as well for any subfolders I might be moving that also contain system files. For example, I move folder d:\mydata to f:\ and the mydata file contains one or more system files. I am asked during the process if I want to move the system files. I say yes or yes to all. The files are moved. My new F:\mydata folder is created and all the files and folders are moved with it. However, I still will have an empty d:\mydata folder that I must delete. The source folder is not deleted in the moving process. These occurs whenever I move a folder that contains system files. Either within the same partition, between drives, or to a mapped network share. I hadn't heard or read of this being a known problem with Vista and thought it an annoyance I could live with while I had only one Vista system, but now that I have added another machine running Vista, I have the same behavior occuring on both installations. Is there some new setting for moving files in Vista? Is this a known problem and if so is there a fix? JDC |
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