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November 8th 06, 01:53 PM
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Drag and Drop-LARGE Icons
Hello People
I asked this question previously in General Discussion, but recieved no answer. Maybe someone here can help? Vista RC2 5744 When I drag and drop a file or folder in a Explorer window, the icon attached to the mouse pointer is HUGE, and interferes with seeing where I am dropping it! Is there any way to change this behavior? Thanks duck3 
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November 8th 06, 04:21 PM
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Drag and Drop-LARGE Icons
Hi,
I'm not sure if it can be changed. I use the blue arrow that shows where it will be dropped to guide me. Honestly I like that better. -- Paul "Duck3" wrote: Hello People I asked this question previously in General Discussion, but recieved no answer. Maybe someone here can help? Vista RC2 5744 When I drag and drop a file or folder in a Explorer window, the icon attached to the mouse pointer is HUGE, and interferes with seeing where I am dropping it! Is there any way to change this behavior? Thanks duck3
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November 8th 06, 05:15 PM
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Drag and Drop-LARGE Icons
Yes PaulB, the arrows are Helpful, but I am hoping someone has a permanent
solution or fix. Any MS shell people listening? Thanks duck3 "PaulB" wrote: Hi, I'm not sure if it can be changed. I use the blue arrow that shows where it will be dropped to guide me. Honestly I like that better. -- Paul "Duck3" wrote: Hello People I asked this question previously in General Discussion, but recieved no answer. Maybe someone here can help? Vista RC2 5744 When I drag and drop a file or folder in a Explorer window, the icon attached to the mouse pointer is HUGE, and interferes with seeing where I am dropping it! Is there any way to change this behavior? Thanks duck3
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November 14th 06, 03:48 PM
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Drag and Drop-LARGE Icons
Hi, Duck3.
Depending on exactly where you want to file to go, you can look for a horizontal bar that appears temporarily to show the destination. Or, if you just want to move the file into the displayed folder, you can put the destination pointer just about anywhere in the destination window, including the blue area at the bottom of the Explorer window, where the folder details are shown. Hover your Move pointer in this area and you should see a popup tool saying something like "+Copy to \Users\Duck3". And you can still see the bar showing the exact destination. The mouse pointer - with HUGE icon attached - does not have to point to the exact location except when the destination is an unopened folder. Even then, if you put the pointer on the closed folder icon, the "+Move to..." popup should appear, letting you know that you have selected the correct target. I usually use the right-click to drag so that I can be sure whether I'm Copying or Moving the file before I commit myself. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP (Currently running Windows Mail 7.0 in Vista x86 RC2 Build 5744) "Duck3" wrote in message ... Yes PaulB, the arrows are Helpful, but I am hoping someone has a permanent solution or fix. Any MS shell people listening? Thanks duck3 "PaulB" wrote: Hi, I'm not sure if it can be changed. I use the blue arrow that shows where it will be dropped to guide me. Honestly I like that better. -- Paul "Duck3" wrote: Hello People I asked this question previously in General Discussion, but recieved no answer. Maybe someone here can help? Vista RC2 5744 When I drag and drop a file or folder in a Explorer window, the icon attached to the mouse pointer is HUGE, and interferes with seeing where I am dropping it! Is there any way to change this behavior? Thanks duck3
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November 16th 06, 11:00 PM
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Drag and Drop-LARGE Icons
ThankYou R.C. I guess this is solved, since no changes can be made to the
Large Icon behavior. I will adapt... duck3 "R. C. White, MVP" wrote: Hi, Duck3. Depending on exactly where you want to file to go, you can look for a horizontal bar that appears temporarily to show the destination. Or, if you just want to move the file into the displayed folder, you can put the destination pointer just about anywhere in the destination window, including the blue area at the bottom of the Explorer window, where the folder details are shown. Hover your Move pointer in this area and you should see a popup tool saying something like "+Copy to \Users\Duck3". And you can still see the bar showing the exact destination. The mouse pointer - with HUGE icon attached - does not have to point to the exact location except when the destination is an unopened folder. Even then, if you put the pointer on the closed folder icon, the "+Move to..." popup should appear, letting you know that you have selected the correct target. I usually use the right-click to drag so that I can be sure whether I'm Copying or Moving the file before I commit myself. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP (Currently running Windows Mail 7.0 in Vista x86 RC2 Build 5744) "Duck3" wrote in message ... Yes PaulB, the arrows are Helpful, but I am hoping someone has a permanent solution or fix. Any MS shell people listening? Thanks duck3 "PaulB" wrote: Hi, I'm not sure if it can be changed. I use the blue arrow that shows where it will be dropped to guide me. Honestly I like that better. -- Paul "Duck3" wrote: Hello People I asked this question previously in General Discussion, but recieved no answer. Maybe someone here can help? Vista RC2 5744 When I drag and drop a file or folder in a Explorer window, the icon attached to the mouse pointer is HUGE, and interferes with seeing where I am dropping it! Is there any way to change this behavior? Thanks duck3
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May 16th 07, 02:19 PM
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Drag and Drop-LARGE Icons
I totally agree that the large drag-and-drop icon is annoying at best. I only hope that in the future someone determines how to modify the size of this icon. I am in a support capacity and have to use this functionality quite frequently. I find that this is a hinderance because it now takes longer to ensure the correct destination folder has been selected. With the Aero transparancy, LCD monitors do not have the same visual qualities as a CRT and the highlighting of the folder under the LARGE drag-and-drop icon is often difficult to distinguish. Oh, well... "Duck3" wrote: ThankYou R.C. I guess this is solved, since no changes can be made to the Large Icon behavior. I will adapt... duck3 "R. C. White, MVP" wrote: Hi, Duck3. Depending on exactly where you want to file to go, you can look for a horizontal bar that appears temporarily to show the destination. Or, if you just want to move the file into the displayed folder, you can put the destination pointer just about anywhere in the destination window, including the blue area at the bottom of the Explorer window, where the folder details are shown. Hover your Move pointer in this area and you should see a popup tool saying something like "+Copy to \Users\Duck3". And you can still see the bar showing the exact destination. The mouse pointer - with HUGE icon attached - does not have to point to the exact location except when the destination is an unopened folder. Even then, if you put the pointer on the closed folder icon, the "+Move to..." popup should appear, letting you know that you have selected the correct target. I usually use the right-click to drag so that I can be sure whether I'm Copying or Moving the file before I commit myself. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP (Currently running Windows Mail 7.0 in Vista x86 RC2 Build 5744) "Duck3" wrote in message ... Yes PaulB, the arrows are Helpful, but I am hoping someone has a permanent solution or fix. Any MS shell people listening? Thanks duck3 "PaulB" wrote: Hi, I'm not sure if it can be changed. I use the blue arrow that shows where it will be dropped to guide me. Honestly I like that better. -- Paul "Duck3" wrote: Hello People I asked this question previously in General Discussion, but recieved no answer. Maybe someone here can help? Vista RC2 5744 When I drag and drop a file or folder in a Explorer window, the icon attached to the mouse pointer is HUGE, and interferes with seeing where I am dropping it! Is there any way to change this behavior? Thanks duck3
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