"Are you sure you want to copy this file without its properties?" when coping .jpg files to thumbdrive.

Anonymous
2012-03-22T06:15:53+00:00

"Are you sure you want to copy this file without its properties?" when coping .jpg files to thumbdrive.

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Anonymous
2012-03-22T18:46:26+00:00

Hi,

Is the thumb drive formatted as FAT 32 (File Allocation Table 32) or NTFS (New Technology File System)?

Windows stores file metadata on NTFS using a feature known as Alternate Data Streams. That is, the metadata is stored in a different "stream" (a file system object with a different identity) than the stream which holds the file data. Since FAT32 does not support ADS, data in these alternate streams cannot be copied, and will be lost if you proceed with the copy.

If you do not have any data on the thumb drive, then you can format the drive. If the data is not backed up then you need to backup the data from the thumb drive on to the computer hard drive and then restore it back after performing the format.

Try formatting the thumb drive in NTFS format and check if the issue persists. To do so, follow these steps.

a.       Insert the thumb drive and go Start menu and then Computer.

b.      Right click on the thumb drive and click Format.

c.       Under "File System" select "NTFS" and then click Start. Once the format is done, check to see if you can copy the files successfully.

Hope this helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-12-27T20:19:37+00:00

    Hi,

    Your Windows question is more complex than what is typically answered in the Microsoft Answers forums. It is better suited in the TechNet forums.

    Please post your question in the TechNet forums: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb512923

    Thank you.

    Your utterly unhelpful comment is magnified by being posted under the title, "Microsoft support engineer." The problem in question would be universal to users of later generations of Windows should they only happen to perform the defined task, and yet your best offering as a so-called "support engineer" is to say the question should be asked elsewhere because it isn't "typically" answered in the "ANSWERS" forum! 

    Apparently anyone BUT a "Microsoft support engineer" would see the absurd, circular irony in a supposed answer person not answering but instead sweeping the question under the rug because it isn't "typically" answered here.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-10-17T13:53:35+00:00

    This weekend it worked perfectly. Thanks! I guess it just needed the reboot...

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-10-14T23:49:54+00:00

    I tried the script and dropped a file onto the NAS folder. I got the prompt (and as always there is no ^A accept all option) and there was no icon in my tray - Windows 7 fully patched.

    Any ideas?

    thanks,

    Max

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-10-13T05:15:33+00:00

    My crude but effective solution is a 7-line script. Whenever the dreaded dialog appears, the script presses Alt-A for "do this for all", and Alt-Y for "yes, lose the properties."  

    If you can bear the risk of downloading an .exe file, get it at http://www.filedropper.com/stop-copy-dialog, and add it to your Startup Folder (step 4 below). ...but there have been a lot of bad programs hiding as AutoITscripts, so it's safer to take a 10 minutes and compile it yourself. It's free and not terribly hard: 

    1. Download and install AutoITScript from autoitscript.com. (It's free and widely trusted alternative to VBScript.  I used it because I've found VBScript unreliable in detecting Windows dialogs that are rapidly appearing/disappearing and modal, inactive, minimized, or otherwise odd. And, AutoIT is absurdly easy to compile to a standalone .exe, which I like.)
    2. From the Github repository (https://github.com/joshwhitk/suppress-property-loss-dialog-during-copy-in-Windows-Explorer), save only the script file "stop-copy-dialog.au3" to your desktop. Open it in any text editor and read it carefully. When you're convinced it's harmless, rename it if you like and continue.
    3. On your desktop, right-click this .au3 file. and choose "compile script (x86)" from the context menu (AutoIT added these). An .exe file (e.g "stop-copy-dialog.exe") will be created on your desktop.  (You can uninstall AutoIT and delete the .au3 file now.)
    4. Move this .exe file to your Startup folder (where? press Win-R to run shell:startup)

    Run it, or reboot, and you're done! It runs in the background forever.  When this (or any AutoITS script) is running, you'll see a new icon in your tray. It's a small white tab with a green square on the left.

    Obviously, this script is a crude workaround.  I would LOVE IT if someone figured out how to suppress those dialogs in the first place!

    Please update Github with a text note if you do know of a better way (ie a registry setting): https://github.com/joshwhitk/suppress-property-loss-dialog-during-copy-in-Windows-Explorer

    cheers-

    -Josh

    Josh Whitkin 

    Oakland, California 94611

    whitkin.com

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