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'Copy/Paste' versus 'Copy here'

15 years ago

Please correct me if I am wrong, but as I understand, "coping" copies the intended data to the clipboard, and "pasting" copies what is on the clipboard and puts it where you direct.

Does "Copy here" go through these same steps?

It would seem, through a non-computer geek's eyes, that only one copying process would be needed, instead of two. Thus, this would be advantageous for organizing photos, for instance, where byte preservation might be paramount.

And, does the same answer apply in "Cut/Paste" versus "Move here"?

Rick

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mikie_gw
15 years ago
If you press and hold the right mouse button while dragging, a menu appears that lets you choose a specific action, such as copying here or move here.

Plain select and copy or cut .. pastes to the clipboard.

Here is a link that might be useful: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Copy-a-file-or-folder
leftwood
Original Author
15 years ago
I guess I wasn't clear enough with my questions.

As I understand, "coping" copies the intended data to the clipboard, and "pasting" copies what is on the clipboard and puts it where you direct. So to achieve a pasting, the data is copied twice.

I already know the end results of "Copy here" and "Move here," and how to do that. But to achieve said results with Copy here or Move here, does the OS still use the clipboard? In other words, does it still copy the data twice, or just once?

I am interested because there is always the risk of loosing complete data, like with photo files, when being copied. So it would seem that if I do a lot of reorganizing of my photos, it would behoove me to use the method that copies a minimum amount of times. Am I being unnecessarily picky?

What I interpolate from you answer is that "Copy here" and "Move here" bypasses the clipboard. Is this true?

Thanks
Rick
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mikie_gw
15 years ago
Simple to try a move here... or copy here with some text.

Then see if it paste's a second time also to say notepad,,,, or to here.
leftwood
Original Author
15 years ago
Yes, a simple solution that I could have thought of myeself...but no. I tried it, and found that "Move here" and "Copy here" do not copy to the clipboard.

I even put something on the clipboard first to make sure, and performing a Move here and Copy here did not erase it.

Thanks Mikie!
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