Steve N. wrote:
> kurttrail wrote:
>> Steve N. wrote:
>>
>>> kurttrail wrote:
>>>
>>>> Josh wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What I meant was that I lost the file from the PDA when I
>>>>> accidently dropped it into Windows Movie Maker 2. I searched for
>>>>> it but all I found was a shortcut.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And with your PDA connected to your computer, that shortcut is
>>>> broken?
>>>
>>> I hate click and drag.
>>>
>>
>> I hear ya. I had a friend switch jobs recently, and when he went to
>> copy his files to CD at his old job, he dragged and dropped the
>> shortcuts on his desktop, instead of the actual folders. Then when
>> copied them to his new job's computer, he calls me up to ask what
>> happened to all his files.
>>
>> There should really be a warning when dragging shortcuts to and from
>> removable drives, and to CD/DVD burners that could be turned off by
>> those of us who know better.
>>
>> I don't use any utility to turn off the arrows on shortcuts, just
>> because they don't look good. I want to know a shortcut just by
>> looking at it, without going into the properties to find it out.
>>
>
> We never turn off the arrows either, but who pays attention to them? I
> work for a school district and we've got some pretty lame users.
> "What's a shortcut?" My God! The title says "Shortcut to..." for
> Pete's sake! My phone needs a "Slap!" button on it.
>
> I also get tired of seeing shortcuts to God-knows-what on our network
> shares, and the opposite - shortcuts all over a local drive & desktop
> to network shares that no longer exist. If there was a consistent
> dialog box saying "Are you sure you want to place a shortcut here?"
> at least some folks would go, "uh... no, I guess I don't".
>
> What really boggles me though is how in the h3ll does a person make a
> shortcut to a folder containing a shortcut to the same folder
> containing another shortcut to the same damn folder?

ROFL! You got me rolling this morning! "Slap!" button! LOL! That's
what every tech needs for Christmas! Some Users only learn through
negative reinforcement.

All tech support should be done via the USENET, with only one acceptable
answer to all tech questions:

"RTFM and LTUGYFM!"

Read The F*ckin' Manual and Learn To Use Google, You F*ckin' Moron!

Only joking! :)

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