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BIF wrote:macrium backup
Flying Fox wrote:Assuming you have nicely organized stuff into subfolders under the 3 that you have listed, it should not be too hard to just go through those 3 folders and look for anything that looks out of the ordinary?
Next time, launch another Windows Explorer (Win+E), and then try to see if you can "Undo move" by right clicking on white space of that window.
BIF wrote:Okay, I was doing a "file/save as" of a PDF, with the intention of saving it to my dropbox folder.
While the "save as" dialog was open, I accidentally dragged "something" off of my desktop and let go of it over one of the folders on my C: partition.
I think Windows 8 actually copied something (left click) into one of the Windows 8 "library special folders" in the area of
Libraries\Documents
Libraries\My Music
Libraries\My Documents
Or any of the subfolders within or near one of these.
I would like to figure out precisely what got copied or moved before my next C: Macrium backup runs in about 30 minutes, but looking at the folders, it's not obvious if there are any new shortcuts or stray files that got moved.
Thoughts?
PenGun wrote:This is why I do my important windose file movements from Linux. I do not trust that toy cut and paste file system. I will do trivial stuff using it but if I have to do anything major I do it from Linux, uncompress stuff and arrange it to my liking. Mods for games are one of the things I am much more comfortable arranging from my Linux install.
Arvald wrote:As have been mentioned somewhere else, "rd /s /q" is the similar nuke under Windows. Doing it under an Administrator prompt (for you Linux geeks: essentially under su root) is equally destructive.Actually UNIX and Linux far more destructive far easier... "rm -rf /" for example.
BIF wrote:On Windows 7, Ctrl+Z is obviously there. However, under the Explorer window, tap on Alt, and you will see the menu bar that they try so hard to hide. Go to Edit, and you will see "Undo Move". So the Win8 one is nothing too new.It appears to only be available in Windows 8's Explorer, so I'm good for my home systems. But at work we are still on Windows 7, and the Windows Explorer here seems to not have something that would tell me "what" would be undone.
Arvald wrote:Actually UNIX and Linux far more destructive far easier... "rm -rf /" for example.
PenGun wrote:Arvald wrote:Actually UNIX and Linux far more destructive far easier... "rm -rf /" for example.
Oh yeah. My favorite command way back in the day was FORMAT C: /U. Works about as well rm -rf.
I am root. Have been since about 1996. Oh noes you could ... sure ... but why would I? I have no problem being root and have never wiped my stuff by accident so you can take your safe, toy, OS and ... well, where the sun don't shine is where it lives.
PenGun wrote:I am root.
jihadjoe wrote:PenGun wrote:I am root.
It's like going commando!
Arvald wrote:wow... O/S hater there...
BTW got you on using *nix by a few years, started really programming on a System V in '93 and before that learned on a Unisys ICON running QNX 88-89.
it is not the super users (root) you need the safe OS for it is the average Joe. Also there is nothing toy about a Windows system, much to be desired for sure but I like having my system do everything I want for my home use... and sorry Linux don't cut it. Thanks to Steam another few years maybe.
PenGun wrote:Any filesystem that needs a mouse is toy to me.
Flying Fox wrote:PenGun wrote:Any filesystem that needs a mouse is toy to me.
Who says you can only manipulate the file system with a mouse in Windows?
PenGun wrote:Flying Fox wrote:PenGun wrote:Any filesystem that needs a mouse is toy to me.
Who says you can only manipulate the file system with a mouse in Windows?
The thread title is " Accidentally Dragged "Something" from desktop to C:"
I'm sure there are key combinations to select and I guess you can do almost anything that way. I only use windose occasionally and learning keys is not high on my list of things to do. Why would I bother? I have Midnight Commander and I am happy to edit and move windose files where I am comfortable.
PenGun wrote:Arvald wrote:wow... O/S hater there...
BTW got you on using *nix by a few years, started really programming on a System V in '93 and before that learned on a Unisys ICON running QNX 88-89.
it is not the super users (root) you need the safe OS for it is the average Joe. Also there is nothing toy about a Windows system, much to be desired for sure but I like having my system do everything I want for my home use... and sorry Linux don't cut it. Thanks to Steam another few years maybe.
Any filesystem that needs a mouse is toy to me.
What does Linux not do for your home use? I dual boot into windose to play games but that's it, well and to use my fancy Quadratone RIP drivers for my Eppy 3800 for B&W printing.
cphite wrote:What does Windows not do for your home use? Why not just use it all the time, and then you wouldn't have to shut down and restart your machine every time you wanted to play games or print?