Windows 10: Default drag and drop action with Onedrive

We are using a common Onedrive for storing and sharing files within a team. It is basically neat when using Windows 10 file explorer, since you can just drag and drop files like between local drives and folders. However, the default behaviour of drag and drop with Onedrive is really annoying and causes accidental deletion of data from Onedrive. So, the purpose of having common Onedrive is to keep the files available for all users, as a common storage. But default action of drag and drop is MOVE not COPY. So, when people are just trying to copy data from Onedrive that is often being deleted from Onedrive if they do not always remember to press ctrl. When you are in a hurry this can easily happen.

So, I am trying to find a way to change that default behaviour but it seems there is no that could be applied as a common solution. I know that desktop.ini can have DefaultDropEffect=1, but unfortunately that applies only to TARGET not SOURCE. So, even if this is defined in every Onedrive folder, it sets default action only for data copied TO Onedrive but not FROM Onedrive.

Then there is a possibility to define DefaultDropEffect in Windows registry HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\* and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects, but this means all users have to do it for themselves. And tweaking the registry manually is also not recommended...


So, is there any good common solution for changing the default drag and drop to Move instead of Copy?

I have already voted that as a change request in Onedrive development forum, but there are so few people who even knows that so those requests will never be handled.


By the way, Sharepoint is NOT a good solution for serving as a common storage and sharing if there are a LOT OF FILES! Sharepoint works well only when you have documents and such material, that does not include hundreds or thousands of source files etc. So, do not suggest using Sharepoint! Yes, I know even Sharepoint could be used if all data is zipped but then it would not be handy for changing individual files.

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OneDrive drag and drop - can default action be changed from Move to Copy?

Hi, I'm using Microsoft OneDrive and finding it great. The only thing that annoys the heck out of me is that the default drag-and-drop action for dragging files to OneDrive is Move, not Copy. Is there any way that changes the default action to Copy?

 

Change default file drag-and-drop action to Copy rather than Move

How to Change Default Drag and Drop Action in
Windows

Shawn at
www.TenForums.com has the simplest answer. See link below.

Change Drag and Drop Default Action in Windows

 

I want to REALLY disable drag and drop

Thanks for this. I made the registry changes suggested and it seems to have disabled drag and drop as I want. I'll leave it in place for a few days to check there are no unacceptable side effects, and report back.