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More info?)
Thanks.
G.
"Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Moving the mouse will make Windows think that you, I mean your wife, is
> dragging the files. Dragging them makes copies. She has to learn not to
> move the mouse. It happens to me once and a while, but only if I have a
> huge amount of files selected. ;-)
>
> Or the Drag sensitivity can be adjusted using TweakUI.
>
> TweakUI
> [+] Mouse
>
> Menu Speed
> The Menu Speed slider control sets the speed at which
> cascading menus automatically open when you move the
> mouse over them. The fastest setting causes them to open
> immediately and the slowest setting is extraordinary slow.
>
> To test the mouse setting, right-click the test icon.
> -----
>
> Double-click sensitivity
> Double-click sensitivity specifies how close together two
> mouse clicks need to be (in pixels) to be considered a
> double click.
>
> To test the double-click sensitivity, click twice on the test icon
> with the left mouse button. If the two clicks registered as a
> double-click, then the icon will change.
> -----
>
> Drag sensitivity
> Drag sensitivity specifies how far (in pixels) the mouse must
> move with the button held down before the system decides
> that you are dragging the object. Increase this value if you
> find that you are dragging objects accidentally when you click
> on them.
>
> To test drag sensitivity, try to drag the test icon with the
> left mouse button. The icon will begin dragging when you
> have moved the mouse the necessary distance.
> -----
>
> Hover
> This is used to detect when the mouse hovers over the icon to get
selected.
> The size of the region is determined by the hover sensitivity in pixels.
> -----
>
> Wheel
> This is used to control the number of lines when the mouse wheel is
> scrolled. This can be either one page at a time or a particular number of
> lines at a time.
> -----
>
> X-Mouse
> The “Activation follows mouse” checkbox enables X-Mouse style window
> activation. When X-mouse style window activation is enabled, you need
only
> move the mouse into a window in order to give it focus. Normally you must
> click on a window in order to give it focus.
> ----------
>
> Download TweakUI here >>>
>
> Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp
>
> Tweak UI
> This PowerToy gives you access to system settings that are not
> exposed in the Windows XP default user interface, including
> mouse settings, Explorer settings, taskbar settings, and more.
>
> Version 2.10 requires Windows XP Service Pack 1 or Windows
> Server 2003.
>
> Tweak UI
> TweakUI.exe
> ===
>
> Tweak UI for Windows XP Guide
>
http://www.winxpsolution.com/Tweakuixppro.aspx
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:9dsSe.72420$Hk.68368@pd7tw1no,
> algae <boycefamilynospam@shaw.ca> hunted and pecked:
> > Hi all,
> > My wife works a lot in Photoshop and often has reason to select random
> > files from a folder and delete them. Lately she has been thinking that
> > there is something wrong with the pc in that while she is holding down
> > CTRL and selecting the files, she will often make an inadvertent copy of
> > all of them. What is it she is doing that causes this? It doesn't happen
> > when I do it. Thanks for your help.
> > Gary
>
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