What happened to the "Copy To" option in Windows 11 File Explorer?

Anonymous
2021-11-26T02:05:01+00:00

I can't believe that Microsoft removed the "Copy To" and "Move To" options in Windows 11 File Explorer! I used these options often! Unless I'm missing something, Microsoft just heavy handedly removed these options!

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-04-10T02:02:25+00:00

    I was really disgusted at the start of this thread about this when 1 of my laptops got upgraded to 11. I was FURIOUS that they got rid of the Copt/Move To feature

    BUT 5 months later I've got to say the way they want you to do it now is actually faster and safer.

    once your Main folder is open all you need to do is click the box or even multiple boxes (It will HIGHLIGHT the items when you press copy)>>> Press the Copy icon>>> then just click on the folder you want it to go to> PASTE( and the copied folders will also be highlighted)

    very easy actually instead of pulling down that Copy To Menu then opeing the folder then pasting it.

    OK I said my piece

    The problem remains with the "copy" versus "move" function. You are making a copy of a file and placing (pasting) it in another location but the file's original location you're copying from retains the original file.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-04-10T02:11:37+00:00

    I was really disgusted at the start of this thread about this when 1 of my laptops got upgraded to 11. I was FURIOUS that they got rid of the Copt/Move To feature

    BUT 5 months later I've got to say the way they want you to do it now is actually faster and safer.

    once your Main folder is open all you need to do is click the box or even multiple boxes (It will HIGHLIGHT the items when you press copy)>>> Press the Copy icon>>> then just click on the folder you want it to go to> PASTE( and the copied folders will also be highlighted)

    very easy actually instead of pulling down that Copy To Menu then opeing the folder then pasting it.

    OK I said my piece

    You obviously do not have a grasp of the situation. Either that or you work for Microsoft and are trying to obfuscate the issue. The issue is that the Copy-To and Move-To buttons provided functionality that cannot be duplicated as you suggest. And Microsoft in their infinite stupidity removed this widly used functionality.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-05-06T14:08:08+00:00

    I want 'copy to' not 'copy'. I believe many others do too

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-06T14:52:37+00:00

    Hello,

    If you like, the tutorial below can add the "Copy To" context menu back.

    https://www.elevenforum.com/t/add-or-remove-copy-to-folder-and-move-to-folder-context-menu-in-windows-11.1339/

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-05-06T19:13:30+00:00

    For anyone wondering Shawn's link works useing the context menu, After last major windows 11 update I had to repeat this method again .

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