Windows 10: Drag & Drop files between drives defaults to Copy, but not with OneDrive. How do I get it...

If I drag & drop between drives the default is always Copy, but if the destination drive drop target is OneDrive it defaults to Move.a Why does OneDrive behave differently than any other drive for such a basic behavior?b How can I get OneDrive to behave like any other drive and default to Copy? It defaults to Move and sometimes I forget to hold down the <Ctrl> key to force a copy. This can cause risky side-effects that I would very much like to avoid, like losing the most recent version of the file I am trying to back up to OneDrive. I have looked at OneDrive Settings and Adva

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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.

 

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?

 

Drag and Drop

Hi Charles,

the steps you suggested didn't work for me but, when pressing the escape key it somehow expanded the drive and by using drag and drop to the single file in the list worked.

In the past I could drag and drop multiple folders onto the drive on the network computer(s). Doing it on individual folders will take far too long and time consuming and is not an option.

Microsoft should be able to identify what is blocking it and issue a fix.

My machine is multi boot so tomorrow I will try with Windows 7.

Many thanks for your help,

Deric