Picture copy

[trulad]

If I want to copy a lot of pictures,I select the first one,hold ctrl & highlight the last one to cause them all to be highlited,however they suddenly begin duplicating themselves. How should I selece several pictures at once without having duplicates ? I'm using Win.7 64bit.

[EzyStvy]

I select the first one,hold ctrl & highlight the last one to cause them all to be highlited

If you so much as move the mouse pointer a fraction downwards you're actully telling the system to copy and you end up with a lot of files with the (2)...I've done it more times then I care to admit

[trulad]

Thanks, I guess that's what I'm doing wrong. Darned arthritis makes it hard to control the mouse.

[quartet-man]

Originally Posted by EzyStvy If you so much as move the mouse pointer a fraction downwards you're actully telling the system to copy and you end up with a lot of files with the (2)...I've done it more times then I care to admit

Me two......I mean too. I hate that feature.

[quartet-man]

If that becomes a problem, this MIGHT be easier. You could click control A to select all of them and then delete the ones you don't want copied. (Depends on how many total there were you wanted and didn't want.) However, it might just be easier to allow them to be duplicated (if they end up doing so) and doing control z to delete them all (OR maybe pasting them where you want, searching for files that end in 2 (2) or however they show up, and then delete.