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Post by BuckSkin on Jan 27, 2017 22:37:18 GMT
I was using Ctl-Click to select three image files in Explorer; I have no idea just what I accidentally did, but it selected the three image-files and made copies of them such that the three copies were the only ones selected.
I am sure that this could some time prove useful if I only knew what I did.
Thanks for reading.
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Post by Sydney on Jan 27, 2017 22:44:14 GMT
All I can think of is that after you selected the 3 images you did a single <ctl>c (copy) followed by three instances of <ctl>v (paste). Do you think that is what you might have inadvertently did?
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Post by BuckSkin on Jan 27, 2017 22:54:53 GMT
All I can think of is that after you selected the 3 images you did a single <ctl>c (copy) followed by three instances of <ctl>v (paste). Do you think that is what you might have inadvertently did? I didn't think I hit that many keys; it did it in the blink of an eye. |
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Post by Sydney on Jan 27, 2017 23:15:26 GMT
I can't think of how you might have done it otherwise. Perhaps some others may have some thoughts.
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Post by Major Major on Jan 27, 2017 23:24:21 GMT
but it selected the three image-files and made copies of them such that the three copies were the only ones selected. Could you try saying this another way? I can't tell what you mean. |
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Post by Tpgettys on Jan 28, 2017 1:02:31 GMT
I was using Ctl-Click to select three image files in Explorer; I have no idea just what I accidentally did, but it selected the three image-files and made copies of them such that the three copies were the only ones selected. This has happened to me as well, quite a few times actually. In the process of trying to select several files by ctrl-clicking on them one at a time, somewhere along the line I end up with copies of the ones that I have selected so far. There is nothing that I did that I can identify that caused it. Because of it I have a rule to just not try to select very many files before doing whatever it is I wanted to do with them. It might be worth noting that you can select all the files between two: select the first file by clicking on it, then shift-click the last file. |
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 28, 2017 1:26:35 GMT
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Post by BuckSkin on Jan 28, 2017 1:52:03 GMT
Thanks, Sepiana, for all the info and explanation of this mystery; more and more I am beginning to believe that you are one of the smartest people I know!
With this wonderful wrist-rest steel-belted radial mouse-pad that I have been using lately, I can easily believe that I moved the mouse more than four pixels.
Thanks, everyone, for your input.
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Post by Sepiana on Jan 28, 2017 7:31:56 GMT
BuckSkin, you are most welcome!
Thanks for the kind words! But, believe me, I don't consider myself one of the smartest people. I just have an inquisitive mind and I am a pack rat when it comes to collecting information. You never know when a piece of information is going to come handy.
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Post by BuckSkin on Jan 28, 2017 16:25:13 GMT
You never know when a piece of information is going to come handy. Very true! Maybe not word-for-word, but that line is a classic from an old movie; I just cannot recall which movie or who said it. |
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Post by Andy on Jan 28, 2017 20:46:35 GMT
This has happened to me as well, quite a few times actually. Same for me. Ctrl-Z should undo it if you do it before you do something else. |
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Post by BuckSkin on Jan 29, 2017 4:20:52 GMT
This has happened to me as well, quite a few times actually. Same for me. Ctrl-Z should undo it if you do it before you do something else. So, if I accidentally copy a big group of images, Ctrl-Z will get rid of them; that is good to know ... if I can remember it. Thanks. |
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