OS: XP Pro 32 SP3
General description:
If I copy a folder called "TEST" and paste it in the same location where I copied it from I get a folder called "Copy of TEST" but if I paste it in a different location the system handles the paste operation in quite a different way.
Concrete situation (which describes what I mean with "undesirable folder merging"):
I have a folder named "HERE" containing 3 subfolders named "Test 1", "Test 2" and "Test 3" each subfolder contains 2 files named "This" and "That".
and
I have a folder named "THERE" containing 3 subfolders named "Test A", "Test B" and "Test 3" each subfolder contains 3 files named "This", "Tom" and "Jerry".
NOTE: All files in all sub/folders have the same extension.
If I copy the 3 subfolders from "THERE" and paste them into "HERE" I get the warning that the file "This" already exists and I have the usual overwrite, rename and skip options.
Why don't I get the warning that the folder "Test 3" already exists and get the overwrite, rename and skip options for the folder?
Sometimes while copying/pasting large amounts of folders (with subfolders inside) is not always possible to know which one (target/source) of the files contained in the folders/subfolders is the one to keep, so it would be actually nice if the user could configure the copy option in a way to get a warning about the existence of a folder with the same name rather than a file with the same name.
In fact in the situation described above (after the copy operation) it would be more logical and convenient (in the "rename" scenario) to find at the destination location (beside the others) the subfolders "Test 3" (containing 2 files named "This" and "That") and "Test 3_1" (containing 3 files named "This", "Tom" and "Jerry").
Currently (after the copy operation) beside the others, I find a single "Test 3" subfolder (containing 4 files named "This", "This_1", "Tom" and "Jerry"). In other words the sub/folders get merged with each other.
Can this behavior be changed?
I would prefer to have the option to rename the sub/folders (or get the "Copy of FOLDER NAME") and then decide which folder to delete and which one to keep.
Can this be done?
I hope the description is clear enough, if not please let me know.
Thanks in advance for your creative feedback,
Eta Beta
General description:
If I copy a folder called "TEST" and paste it in the same location where I copied it from I get a folder called "Copy of TEST" but if I paste it in a different location the system handles the paste operation in quite a different way.
Concrete situation (which describes what I mean with "undesirable folder merging"):
I have a folder named "HERE" containing 3 subfolders named "Test 1", "Test 2" and "Test 3" each subfolder contains 2 files named "This" and "That".
and
I have a folder named "THERE" containing 3 subfolders named "Test A", "Test B" and "Test 3" each subfolder contains 3 files named "This", "Tom" and "Jerry".
NOTE: All files in all sub/folders have the same extension.
If I copy the 3 subfolders from "THERE" and paste them into "HERE" I get the warning that the file "This" already exists and I have the usual overwrite, rename and skip options.
Why don't I get the warning that the folder "Test 3" already exists and get the overwrite, rename and skip options for the folder?
Sometimes while copying/pasting large amounts of folders (with subfolders inside) is not always possible to know which one (target/source) of the files contained in the folders/subfolders is the one to keep, so it would be actually nice if the user could configure the copy option in a way to get a warning about the existence of a folder with the same name rather than a file with the same name.
In fact in the situation described above (after the copy operation) it would be more logical and convenient (in the "rename" scenario) to find at the destination location (beside the others) the subfolders "Test 3" (containing 2 files named "This" and "That") and "Test 3_1" (containing 3 files named "This", "Tom" and "Jerry").
Currently (after the copy operation) beside the others, I find a single "Test 3" subfolder (containing 4 files named "This", "This_1", "Tom" and "Jerry"). In other words the sub/folders get merged with each other.
Can this behavior be changed?
I would prefer to have the option to rename the sub/folders (or get the "Copy of FOLDER NAME") and then decide which folder to delete and which one to keep.
Can this be done?
I hope the description is clear enough, if not please let me know.
Thanks in advance for your creative feedback,
Eta Beta