JBELL
11-11-2002, 03:18 PM
Windows Tip: Say 'No to All' in Windows XP
Save time and clicks by telling your computer 'No to All' when copying duplicate files.
Say 'No to All' in Windows XP
Morgan and hands sHere's the situation: You want to add a group of pictures you've been working on to your My Pictures folder, but your My Pictures folder already contains some, but not all, of those pictures. Instead of sorting out which are already in the folder and only moving the new ones, you can save time by just moving the whole lot of them and letting Windows XP figure out what is already there and what needs to be added.
Where's 'No to All?'
When you do this, XP will dutifully ask whether you want to replace or not replace any duplicate files. It'll give you these choices for the duplicates: "Yes to All" (replace them all), "Yes" (replace this particular one), or "No" (do not replace this particular one). Where's the "No to All" option? It'd be great to have if you wanted to save time, or if you wanted to keep original versions of the files.
To do this, you always had to click "No" for each duplicate file, but not anymore. In Windows XP, you can hold down Shift while you click "No," and that will act as if you had clicked a "No to All" option. It's a simple but cool little Windows XP secret. This does not work in Windows 98 or earlier.
Save time and clicks by telling your computer 'No to All' when copying duplicate files.
Say 'No to All' in Windows XP
Morgan and hands sHere's the situation: You want to add a group of pictures you've been working on to your My Pictures folder, but your My Pictures folder already contains some, but not all, of those pictures. Instead of sorting out which are already in the folder and only moving the new ones, you can save time by just moving the whole lot of them and letting Windows XP figure out what is already there and what needs to be added.
Where's 'No to All?'
When you do this, XP will dutifully ask whether you want to replace or not replace any duplicate files. It'll give you these choices for the duplicates: "Yes to All" (replace them all), "Yes" (replace this particular one), or "No" (do not replace this particular one). Where's the "No to All" option? It'd be great to have if you wanted to save time, or if you wanted to keep original versions of the files.
To do this, you always had to click "No" for each duplicate file, but not anymore. In Windows XP, you can hold down Shift while you click "No," and that will act as if you had clicked a "No to All" option. It's a simple but cool little Windows XP secret. This does not work in Windows 98 or earlier.