flat5

The copy (or move/cut) command under Explorer in XP has few options. If a folder exists it only gives the option to not copy the folder not the individual files in it. So to copy I sometimes have to use TakeCommand. This gets a little awkward if I don't want to copy all folders, etc.

Does Windows 7 have better fine tuning of copy/cut/move?

Shadowex3

Imho it feels a lot better and definitely does it faster.



And iirc it also does the same for subfolders if you're copying them as well. Win7 is like WinXP, I'm constantly learning about new power user tricks that are hidden from lusers to keep them from hurting themselves so for all I know there are even more options with copying and pasting that I haven't found yet.

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flat5

Thank you, Shadowex3 for answering my question.
I just checked the cmd copy command.

Copies one or more files to another location.

COPY [/D] [/V] [/N] [/Y | /-Y] [/Z] [/A | /B ] source [/A | /B]
[+ source [/A | /B] [+ ...]] [destination [/A | /B]]

source Specifies the file or files to be copied.
/A Indicates an ASCII text file.
/B Indicates a binary file.
/D Allow the destination file to be created decrypted
destination Specifies the directory and/or filename for the new file(s).
/V Verifies that new files are written correctly.
/N Uses short filename, if available, when copying a file with a
non-8dot3 name.
/Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
existing destination file.
/-Y Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
existing destination file.
/Z Copies networked files in restartable mode.

The switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable.
This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line. Default is
to prompt on overwrites unless COPY command is being executed from
within a batch script.

To append files, specify a single file for destination, but multiple files
for source (using wildcards or file1+file2+file3 format).
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Nothing special there.
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TakeCommand does have many useful options without using it's scrip capabilities or other internal commands.

Copy data between disks, directories, files, or physical devices.

COPY [/A:[[-][+]rhsda] /CDEGH /I"text" /JKLMNOPQRSTUVXZ] source [+] ... [/A /B] destination [/A /B]
/A:(ttribute select)
/A(SCII)
/B(inary)
/C(hanged)
/D(ecrypt)
/E (no error messages)
/G (percent copied)
/H(idden)
/I (match descriptions)
/J (restartable)
/K(eep attributes)
/L (FTP ASCII)
/N(othing)
/M(odified)
/O (not exist)
/P(rompt)
/Q(uiet)
/R(eplace)
/S(ubdirectories)
/T(otals)
/U(pdate)
/V(erify)
/X (clear archive)
/Z (overwrite)

What I needed for this job was the /s /o /e /q options.

SecretMethod70

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flat5

Thank you, SecretMethod70.
I have installed TeraCopy and will try it later.