Thread: sorta OT: need help with w7 (recipe files/folders)

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:34:29 -0700, sf wrote:

> I'm using word 2010, but I don't think that matters. I just discovered
> I filed a recipe doc in the wrong subfolder. I can fix it the long way,
> open > save to the correct folder > delete the doc in the wrong folder;
> but I used to be able to drag and drop between folders easily (3.1 &
> xp). How do I find the tree view I can drag and drop in with w7?
>
> TIA

I have access to a machine with windows 7, so I did some experimenting,
and the functionality is the same as it always has been. The difference
is that instead of nice big "+" and "-" signs denoting the tree structure
in the tree pane (the leftmost one in Explorer), there are itty bitty
arrows, and they only show up when the mouse is over the pane. The lines
that used to denote the tree structure in Windows XP and earlier are not
there either.

Other than that, it is the same. Open "documents," then click the arrows
to show the appropriate directories in the tree structure, make sure the
directory that the file is in is highlighted, so that the file is in the
details pane (the middle pane in Explorer), then just select and drag it
to the approppriate folder.

Brian Christiansen

On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 22:42:56 +0000 (UTC), Brian
<[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:34:29 -0700, sf wrote:
>
> > I'm using word 2010, but I don't think that matters. I just discovered
> > I filed a recipe doc in the wrong subfolder. I can fix it the long way,
> > open > save to the correct folder > delete the doc in the wrong folder;
> > but I used to be able to drag and drop between folders easily (3.1 &
> > xp). How do I find the tree view I can drag and drop in with w7?
> >
> > TIA
>
> I have access to a machine with windows 7, so I did some experimenting,
> and the functionality is the same as it always has been. The difference
> is that instead of nice big "+" and "-" signs denoting the tree structure
> in the tree pane (the leftmost one in Explorer), there are itty bitty
> arrows, and they only show up when the mouse is over the pane. The lines
> that used to denote the tree structure in Windows XP and earlier are not
> there either.
>
> Other than that, it is the same. Open "documents," then click the arrows
> to show the appropriate directories in the tree structure, make sure the
> directory that the file is in is highlighted, so that the file is in the
> details pane (the middle pane in Explorer), then just select and drag it
> to the approppriate folder.
>
Thanks, Brian. I didn't see what you were talking about so I went to
Folder Options, put a check in the box "expand to current folder" and
that did the trick.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:56:41 -0700, sf wrote:


> Thanks, Brian. I didn't see what you were talking about so I went to
> Folder Options, put a check in the box "expand to current folder" and
> that did the trick.

Glad you got it to work.

Brian Christiansen

On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 23:06:04 +0000 (UTC), Brian
<[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:56:41 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>
> > Thanks, Brian. I didn't see what you were talking about so I went to
> > Folder Options, put a check in the box "expand to current folder" and
> > that did the trick.
>
> Glad you got it to work.
>
So am I - LOL. I was getting a little frustrated. Thanks for
helping.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 23:06:04 +0000 (UTC), Brian wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:56:41 -0700, sf wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Brian. I didn't see what you were talking about so I went to
>>> Folder Options, put a check in the box "expand to current folder" and
>>> that did the trick.
>>
>> Glad you got it to work.
>
> Holy ****!!! She figured out one of the dozen ways to dot it on her
> own?
>
> Wonders never cease.

I don't know. The way she explained it sounded rather complicated. I have
never had trouble moving a folder.

On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 16:47:32 -0700, "Julie Bove"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
> > On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 23:06:04 +0000 (UTC), Brian wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:56:41 -0700, sf wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thanks, Brian. I didn't see what you were talking about so I went to
> >>> Folder Options, put a check in the box "expand to current folder" and
> >>> that did the trick.
> >>
> >> Glad you got it to work.
> >
> > Holy ****!!! She figured out one of the dozen ways to dot it on her
> > own?
> >
> > Wonders never cease.

Steve can't help being such a f*cked up jerk. He was dropped on his
head as a baby and never outgrew his infantile stage.
>
> I don't know. The way she explained it sounded rather complicated. I have
> never had trouble moving a folder.
>
Going to the Folder Options and checking a box is complicated?

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:09:05 -0700, sf wrote:


>> I don't know. The way she explained it sounded rather complicated. I
>> have never had trouble moving a folder.
>>
> Going to the Folder Options and checking a box is complicated?

I think she means the way I explained it. Except for the tree pane
looking a little different, it "works" the same way as in any previous
version of windows, and:

1. Make sure both directories show up in the tree pane.

2. Select the directory where the file currently is so that the file
shows up in the details pane.

3. Click and drag it to the directory where you want it.

Exactly the same thing you (or at least I) would do in XP. Also exactly
the exact same thing I would do in Linux. The only difrference is that
the tree and details panes look a bit different.

Brian Christiansen

Steve wrote:

> You a ****ing *teacher* forchristsake.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74YLwinLT7M

"Not any more."
--Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau


Bob

On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 20:20:24 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
<virtualgoth@die_spammer.biz> wrote:

> Steve wrote:
>
> > You a ****ing *teacher* forchristsake.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74YLwinLT7M
>
> "Not any more."
> --Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau
>
Steve is a brainless twit. I don't care what he can manage to think
with the few neurons he has to work with.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:22:00 -0700, sf wrote:

> Steve is a brainless twit. I don't care what he can manage to think
> with the few neurons he has to work with.

Let's see. Steve (I assume you mean sqwertz) saws that you are stupid for
having a legitimate question (incidentally, I think you were just a bit
frustrated and would have figured out how to do what you needed given a
bit of time).

He says I a stupid for knowing how to do this, or trying to help you with
it, or something, I don't know. I guess us stupid people need to stick
together and help each other, and feel blessed that all-knowing gods like
him even lower themselves to even talk to us (whatever the heck the
smiley face is to denote sarcasm)

Brian Christiansen

On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 04:36:39 +0000 (UTC), Brian wrote:

> On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:22:00 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>> Steve is a brainless twit. I don't care what he can manage to think
>> with the few neurons he has to work with.
>
> Let's see. Steve (I assume you mean sqwertz) saws that you are stupid for
> having a legitimate question (incidentally, I think you were just a bit
> frustrated and would have figured out how to do what you needed given a
> bit of time).
>
> He says I a stupid for knowing how to do this, or trying to help you with
> it, or something, I don't know.

No, I think you're stupid for somehow extrapolating that I said "You
are stupid" from what I said, which I didn't. Now THAT is genuinely
stupid. As well as a total lie.

And Barabra, I apparently know much more about simple
Windows/Microsoft SW operations than you, yet that makes *me* stupid?
So you are somehow smarter than I by knowing _less_? That's quite a
statement, and just proves your stupidity even more. Thank you for
drilling home the point. I couldn't have done it better myself.

-sw

"sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
>
> I'm using word 2010, but I don't think that matters. I just
> discovered I filed a recipe doc in the wrong subfolder. I can fix it
> the long way, open > save to the correct folder > delete the doc in
> the wrong folder; but I used to be able to drag and drop between
> folders easily (3.1 & xp). How do I find the tree view I can drag and
> drop in with w7?
>
> TIA
>
> --
> All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.


Click and drag. It's really not that difficult

Jill

On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 15:43:19 -0400, "jmcquown" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]. .
>>
>> I'm using word 2010, but I don't think that matters. I just
>> discovered I filed a recipe doc in the wrong subfolder. I can fix it
>> the long way, open > save to the correct folder > delete the doc in
>> the wrong folder; but I used to be able to drag and drop between
>> folders easily (3.1 & xp). How do I find the tree view I can drag and
>> drop in with w7?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> --
>> All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.
>
>
>Click and drag. It's really not that difficult
>
>Jill

?????

On Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:21:03 -0500, Anonymous wrote:

> No, I think you're stupid for somehow extrapolating that I said "You are
> stupid" from what I said, which I didn't. Now THAT is genuinely stupid.
> As well as a total lie.
>
This: "This guy is a asshole/troll." is a very hard statement to
misinterpret - if it somehow means something other than you think I am
stupid, please explain. If it was not a statement you made, there is a
total moron/creep posting using your name and signature. This statement
at the very least means that you think that there is "something wrong"
with my trying to help: "Don't bother us with your schooling here."

Brian Christiansen

"Janet Bostwick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 15:43:19 -0400, "jmcquown" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected] ..
>>>
>>> I'm using word 2010, but I don't think that matters. I just
>>> discovered I filed a recipe doc in the wrong subfolder. I can fix it
>>> the long way, open > save to the correct folder > delete the doc in
>>> the wrong folder; but I used to be able to drag and drop between
>>> folders easily (3.1 & xp). How do I find the tree view I can drag and
>>> drop in with w7?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> --
>>> All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.
>>
>>
>>Click and drag. It's really not that difficult
>>
>>Jill
>
> ?????

How about copy/paste? I can't tell the OP how to find the "tree view"; I
can't see their computer. There should be a help button somewhere along the
toolbar to help them expand the tree.

Jill

On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 15:43:19 -0400, "jmcquown" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
> Click and drag. It's really not that difficult

Apparently you missed the problem. There was no place to drag it to,
no tree appeared. Glad to hear yours was set up properly right out of
the box. I'm still finding little things that need to be changed.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

sf <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 15:43:19 -0400, "jmcquown" <[email protected]>

>> Click and drag. It's really not that difficult

>Apparently you missed the problem. There was no place to drag it to,
>no tree appeared. Glad to hear yours was set up properly right out of
>the box. I'm still finding little things that need to be changed.

So, is there something in Windows 7 that is analogous to "Windows
Explorer" in XP or earlier?

And if so, can you open two of these, and then drag/drop?

I'm not familiar with Windows 7, but I'd be surprised if MS decided
to totally eliminate such a commonplace operation.

Steve

On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 19:00:25 -0400, "jmcquown" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"Janet Bostwick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]. .
>> On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 15:43:19 -0400, "jmcquown" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>news:[email protected] ...
>>>>
>>>> I'm using word 2010, but I don't think that matters. I just
>>>> discovered I filed a recipe doc in the wrong subfolder. I can fix it
>>>> the long way, open > save to the correct folder > delete the doc in
>>>> the wrong folder; but I used to be able to drag and drop between
>>>> folders easily (3.1 & xp). How do I find the tree view I can drag and
>>>> drop in with w7?
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.
>>>
>>>
>>>Click and drag. It's really not that difficult
>>>
>>>Jill
>>
>> ?????
>
>How about copy/paste? I can't tell the OP how to find the "tree view"; I
>can't see their computer. There should be a help button somewhere along the
>toolbar to help them expand the tree.
>
>Jill
But that is the issue. She and I both know how to click and drag. You
just got to have something to drag to. That means you need the tree
and I can't see it either.
Janet US

On Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:27:49 -0600, Janet Bostwick
<[email protected]> wrote:

> But that is the issue. She and I both know how to click and drag. You
> just got to have something to drag to. That means you need the tree
> and I can't see it either.

Here's what to do. Enter Folder Options in the search bar that you
get when you click the Start button. Open it. General Tab >
Navigation pane > put a check in "Automatically expand to current
folder". Email me if you have any problems. We don't want little
stevie wartz to bust a gusset over this.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.