[windows2000] Re: "copy of filename"

  • From: "Sorin Srbu" <sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:41:38 +0100

Sorin Srbu <mailto:sorin.srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Thursday, March 09,
2006 9:40 AM:

Ah, I just realized that if you create a copy of a shortcut on the desktop
it's not called "copy of...", its "Shortcut to... (2)".

Sorry, about that. ANyway, the principle is the same.

HTH.


> windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <> wrote on Monday, March 06, 2006 4:17
AM:
>
> This depends on whether you mean actual files in a folder (1), or
shortcuts
> on the desktop (2).
>
> (1) is probably because you may have done a copy/paste operation on files
in
> the same folder. Windows automatically renames the files, as there cannot
be
> two files with the same name in the same folder.
>
> (2) is tweakable. You can use the official Microsoft Powertoy TweakUI
(free
> to use and download from the MS site), to remove those pesky "copy of..."
> addition to any shortcut you create on the desktop.
>
> HTH.
>
>
>> I'm relative new to Windows versions after 3.2 and am confused by finding
>> file names such as "copy of 'file name'"! What is the logic behind such a
>> convention?
>>
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