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Cannot do a bulk copy&paste if selection contains attributes file

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steve6375a
2019-06-21
2019-06-21

  • steve6375a

    steve6375a - 2019-06-21

    To reproduce, search for .jpg files (for instance) in a DropBox folder on an NTFS drive.
    You should see the .jpg files plus corresponding jpg:com.dropbox.attributes files

    Now select all files (e.g. using shift+click) and Ctrl.C and try to paste files to another folder.
    It fails to paste any files but it works if you omit the :com.dropbox.attributes files.

    Same issue with .jpg:Zone.Identifier files.

    This makes copying multiple files awkward. It woud be better to ignore these attribute files when copying.

     

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    - - 2019-06-21

    Yeah it's unfortunate. I came across this too but I wasn't sure what to do in every case. What should I do if the user only copies data streams? Should it be as if they didn't copy anything at all? (Btw these are NTFS data streams, not NTFS attributes. You only see attributes if you hold Ctrl while searching.)

     

    Last edit: - 2019-06-21

  • steve6375a

    steve6375a - 2019-06-21

    Maybe you could highlight the non-copyable entries in a different color, and simply not copy them if any are selected - just copy the copiable files?

     

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    - - 2019-06-21

    I'm not sure I can highlight them in a different color, but their text is already in a different color. I suppose I could pop up a message box and ask if you want to copy the non-streams?

     

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