Error moving file to other disk

[aleksazr]

1. place cursor on c:\filename.ext
2. press shift+F5 (copy)
3. insert d:\ in front of default filename

it works.

1. same-as-before
2. press shift+F6 (move)
3. same-as-before

i get: "Error: Cannot read c:\filename.ext!"

using 7.55 32 bit (17.06.2010) on Xp sp3

[Vochomurka]

Why do you press the redundant key (Shift)? You should press just F5 and F6, respectively. Both ways work.

[fenix_productions]

2aleksazr
According to Help file:
SHIFT+F5 Copy files (with rename) in the same directory

So you're telling TC to copy file which already exists into the same folder. Since there is no c:\filename.ext an error occurs.

[aleksazr]

Why do you press the redundant key (Shift)? You should press just F5 and F6, respectively. Both ways work.

Pressing only F5/F6 copies/moves to other pane, giving
the new default name consisting of both directory name and filename.

Pressing shift+F5/F6 gives only filename in the copy/move edit box,
which is good if I want to just copy/move a file from C: to A:\

For example, I can just insert the floppy and shift+F5 to copy a file
to the floppy w/o opening the destination in the other pane.
Shift+F6 fails here.

Maybe this isn't the purpose of these two (shift) commands,
but one of them works, thus, the other should also work.

[aleksazr]

2aleksazr
According to Help file:
SHIFT+F5 Copy files (with rename) in the same directory

So you're telling TC to copy file which already exists into the same folder. Since there is no c:\filename.ext an error occurs.

You didn't read my post correctly.

[fenix_productions]

2aleksazr
You're right. Misread+mistyped.

[ghisler(Author)]

I tried both, and I was asked for Admin rights in both cases because normally users aren't allowed to create new files in c:\ root, only folders. Maybe your file was locked/opened by some other program? In this case, you may still be able to copy it, but not to move it.

[aleksazr]

I tried both, and I was asked for Admin rights in both cases because normally users aren't allowed to create new files in c:\ root, only folders. Maybe your file was locked/opened by some other program? In this case, you may still be able to copy it, but not to move it.

I'm not asked anything, since I'm always logged in as Admin.
I'm pretty sure that it wasn't locked/opened.
Please read again my first post, since I'm copying/moving
FROM C: (to D:), not to C:
I've also tried copy/move from D: to C: with the same results.

I should add that, beneath the "Error: Cannot read c:\filename.ext!"
is displayed the Rename/Move dlg box with correct From and To fields.

[ghisler(Author)]

Well, it just means that TC gets an error when it calls CopyFileEx. It could also be a write error, sometimes it's not possible to distinguish the two with CopyFileEx.

Maybe you can find out the reason with a tool like "process monitor" from www.sysinternals.com ?

[petermad]

I can confirm aleksazr's report, also when not using CopyFileEx (using big file copy mode in stead).

The question It why it is only possible to move a file to another directory using Shift+F6, when this directory is on the same drive, but not to a different drive.

It works if I mark more than one file and press Shift+F6 - then I can move the files to another drive - just not when it is done inline.

[aleksazr]

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[ghisler(Author)]

Sorry, I cannot help you because I cannot reproduce the problem.

[Balderstrom]

The problem is Shift+F6 is an inline rename, instead of providing a DialogBox like F6, F5, Shift+F5, Ctrl+Shift+F5 and Ctrl+Shift+F6 do.

Thus you can't insert a drive-letter into an inline-rename.

There very well should be a same-panel move like same-panel copy that is separate from the current inline-rename, which doesn't match what all the other copy/move commands do.

Interestingly, you can't do it when you select a folder and subDirBranchView on that folder, and attempt to rename/move a file by inserting a drive-letter --- Nor can you do a search for files within a folder, feed to listbox, and rename/move a given file by changing the drive letter.


(I have F2 used as inline-rename, as every program I use that can rename anything supports that key).

[petermad]

Thus you can't insert a drive-letter into an inline-rename.

Well, it works if the drive letter is the current drive.