Vista Explorer function driving me mad

sarah_louise | 08:41 Wed 16th Jan 2008 | Computers

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There doesnt seem to be a file manager system. It is Explorer in XP ? Cant seem to do the same thing in Vista. I used to manage very well using File Manager in Windows 98 opening two of them and dragging and dropping files across to organise things.
In Vista if I try to drag files across from a USB key to a folder in C:\ they slither out of the way and you drop them into any folder by mistake.
Has anyone else found this annoying ? Is there a solution , I cant think it was designed to be so tricky.?

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Raggie

I have vista and really dont like it. When I had XP I used to drag and drop files by opening 'my computer' then clicking 'folders' (this meant you had a big screen showing what you were wanting to drag and drop and the sidebar to drop it into) I cant seem to do this on vista. I ended up opening 2 windows and copy and pasting the file I want to move. Its really annoying. Sorry but that probably doesnt help much :-(

rojash

Not sure that I understand your question. Much as I hate Vista, dragging and dropping files is not significantly different from how it was is 98 and XP.
You will find Windows Explorer in Start/Programs/Accessories (Start/All Programs/Accessories if you are using the children's menu).

Personally, I find it easier to use if you first turn off all the fancy stuff:

Open Explorer
Click View/Details
Click Tools/Folder Options
On the General tab:
Select "Use Windows classic folders"
Click Apply
On the View tab:
Check "Always Show Menus" and "Display Simple Folder view in Navigation pane"
Click "Apply to Folders"
Click OK

The other thing I do is create an explorer shortcut for each of my drives:
Right-drag the Windows Explorer icon from the start menu to the desktop and choose "copy here"
Rename the icon "Explore C"
Right-click, choose properties
Change the Target to %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,"C:\"

sarah_louise

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Thanks Rojash.
It just seems much more likely in Vista to run away from the mouse as you approach the destination folder with drag and drop. They just scroll away rapidly.

I will give your method a try though.

sarah_louise

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Rojash
Followed your instruction
I cant find "Tools" in Vista Explorer
I can find it OK in XP Explorer

I will keep trying

rojash

Don't know why that is!
But you can also choose Organise/Folder and Search Options

sarah_louise

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Yes it worked in "Organise".

Thanks

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