No to all? The hidden option on Windows XP.
If you are like us and spend your days copying files here or there, you have definitely seen the prompted “Confirm File Replace” window. It shows up if there was another file with the same name already existing in the target destination folder.
Like below:
This “Confirm File Replace” box has 4 buttons on it.. that’s “Yes”, “Yes to All”, “No” and “Cancel”. There is no “No to All” button on the “Confirm File Replace” pop-up dialog.
Isn’t that just retarded?
If there are hundreds of duplicate files, you would have to click on no hundreds of times. Don’t you wish there was a No to all?
It looks like there is a secret super special no to all. All you need to know is a key to hold down while clicking No.
Simply press and hold the “Shift” key, and then click on the “No” button. This key and mouse sequence will convince the computer you want “No to All”.
Did you guys know about this one? I feel like a schmuck all those times I spent mashing the N key on the keyboard! … Sheeeeesh!….
October 29, 2008 - 12:12 am
Nice pick, its really worth reading it…. thanks for a nice post….
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October 29, 2008 - 10:56 am
Neat tip! Didn't know this one. Thanks!!
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October 30, 2008 - 11:59 am
Does this work with Vista? Can someone confirm or deny that? Thanx a bunch.
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October 30, 2008 - 1:33 pm
now you know why i say ‘No To Explorer’ :)
http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo94/eeemolly/notoall.jpg
it just ain’t good enough.
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Lori Reply:
October 31st, 2008 at 7:11 am
ha! good one Molly! I love my commander as well.
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October 30, 2008 - 2:45 pm
Wouldn’t cancel be the same as no to all?
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October 30, 2008 - 3:08 pm
no, cancel would abort the entire operation.
in this scenario you don’t want to overwrite existing files but copy all other files.
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January 3, 2009 - 9:43 pm
>>Did you guys know about this one? I feel like a schmuck all those times I spent mashing the N key on the keyboard! … Sheeeeesh!….
No, didn’t know that. And you shouldn’t feel like a schmuck. The programmers should. Why in their infinite wisdom would the realize to put a “Yes to all” but not “No to all.”
Making it a secret option, just boggles my mind.
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