What setting to move a file/folder and delete at the same time - without having to cut/paste?

[Doc]

I want to be able to drag a file or folder from one folder or drive to
another and have it disappear from the source at the same time - i.e.
without having to do cut/paste. Where do I set that?

Thanks

[SC Tom]

"Doc" <docsa...@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:75b0cffe-0537-4215...@q17g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...

If you right-click and hold, then drag it where you want, when you release the right button, you'll be offered the
choice of Move or Copy.
--
SC Tom

[Tim Meddick]

Either [right-click-and-drag] the object from one folder to another to get
a short menu on releasing the mouse button, that asks if you want to :

Move to here
Copy to here
Create a shortcut here
Cancel

...or, while you "drag and drop" (with normal left-click-and-hold) Also
press and hold the following key while dragging and dropping for the
following results :

Hold While Dragging :

[Ctrl] = To COPY source
[Alt] = To create SHORTCUT of source
[Shift] = To MOVE source


But there is no setting to control the default behaviour, which differs
with types of file / attributes and file permissions / different media...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)

"Doc" <docsa...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:75b0cffe-0537-4215...@q17g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...

[Doc]

On Jan 5, 6:58 pm, "Tim Meddick" <timmedd...@o2.co.uk> wrote:
> Either [right-click-and-drag] the object from one folder to another to get
> a short menu on releasing the mouse button, that asks if you want to :
>
> Move to here
> Copy to here
> Create a shortcut here
> Cancel
>
> ...or, while you "drag and drop" (with normal left-click-and-hold) Also
> press and hold the following key while dragging and dropping for the
> following results :
>
> Hold While Dragging :
>
> [Ctrl]  =  To COPY source
> [Alt]   =  To create SHORTCUT of source
> [Shift] =  To MOVE source
>
> But there is no setting to control the default behaviour, which differs
> with types of file / attributes and file permissions / different media...
>
> ==
>
> Cheers,    Tim Meddick,    Peckham, London.    :-)

Thanks to you and all others. Apparently what I was observing where it
does this automatically is when I was dragging from one location on
the same drive to another, when doing that it deletes the file from
the old location. Doesn't do this when dragging across drives.

[Char Jackson]

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:22:41 -0800 (PST), Doc <docsa...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

That's normal.

As others have said, you can override that behavior by using the right
click menu. (See above.)

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:38:47 -0600, Char Jackson <no...@none.invalid>
wrote:

I always use the right click menu, since I have a hard time
remembering what happens when you left-click--when it copies and when
it moves.


--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
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[Tim Meddick]

Ken, never have to struggle to remember again ("what happens when you
left-click") if you can remember this! :-

[Ctrl] = To COPY source (remember : Ctrl or [C]trl as in [C]opy)
[Shift] = To MOVE source (remember : Because you are [Shift]-ing the
target)
[Alt] = To create SHORTCUT of source (remember : Alt as in a Windows
Shortcut is the [Alt]ernative to the Copy and Move operations...

==

Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-)

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kbl...@kb.invalid> wrote in message
news:mr1sg75d1h4004qkl...@4ax.com...

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:54:42 -0000, "Tim Meddick"
<timme...@o2.co.uk> wrote:

> Ken, never have to struggle to remember again ("what happens when you
> left-click") if you can remember this! :-
>
> [Ctrl] = To COPY source (remember : Ctrl or [C]trl as in [C]opy)
> [Shift] = To MOVE source (remember : Because you are [Shift]-ing the
> target)
> [Alt] = To create SHORTCUT of source (remember : Alt as in a Windows
> Shortcut is the [Alt]ernative to the Copy and Move operations...

Thanks, but trying to remember isn't necessary for me. I always just
right-drag and get to choose from the menu.