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Originally posted by Pathfinder
Could be a possibility. My computer came with ME. I used it for a few months but dumped it as I encountered a few to many problems and could not seem to work out the bugs. I tried Windows 2000 Pro but I did not like it either (not because of problems), so I went back to Windows 98 2nd Edition. I have most of the bugs in it worked out so seldom get the dreaded "Blue Screen" crash and always recover from it when I do.
I have learned to use software that helps to maintain your system, on a weekly basis, this seems to eliminate some of the problems.
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You know what? WinME has major problems when handling lots of files. Anyone who has ever deleted a bunch of files at once, or even emptied their recycling bin when it's 500 megs in size, knows this. Because explorer slows to a crawl after this - even to just rename a file! Waits of 20 seconds or more is not uncommon (after a major file deletion took place).
You need to reboot the machine before this problem is fixed. It just seems to be a database memory management problem to me. I know that WinXP does not have this problem, I guess I will have to upgrade to avoid it.
Anyway, maybe this is why this shit has been happening. Because if the computer is slow to respond, maybe it's not showing me the dir I want to see when I let go of the mouse button, or maybe it's so delayed, that when it checks for the mouse position, the mouse has moved (since a second or two AFTER the release of the button), and assumes that THAT location is where I released the button (and not the location of where I actually did), and thus drops the files in the wrong spot. This would only happen with a ton of files.
I just fucking solved the problem! I am confident enough that this is the reason, you guys should be able to try this, and replicate the problem. To avoid getting bitten by it, make sure the mouse doesn't move AT ALL after you release the button, until windows explorer actually is done moving/copying all the files.
Another test to prove that such a (fucking) ridiculous thing can happen is this: Double click the mouse, but move it as you are doing it. You will click on 2 seperate folders/files, but windows recognizes the double click, and assumes you double clicked on the second file/folder you clicked on, and then open it...
Also, another glitch - when you mass delete (not recycling bin) a bunch of files with SHIFT+DELETE, and if the analysis takes longer than it does for you to press these keys, then when windows deletes the files, you are no longer holding SHIFT, so it assumes you only pressed DELETE - they will all go into the recycling, even though that's not what you asked.
At least I am now glad I know what causes this fucking thing...
