Windows 10: Moving Files from one device to another.

Hello. I have very little storage on my SSD, and I would like to move some files, such as documents, pictures, downloads, onedrive and videos onto the drive. But I did move it, but when I check my SSD C: and go onto users, pictures documents and onedrive are still there, does that mean it is still on my ssd? And then when I tried to move those onto the hard drive it said 3,000 files had the same name so I cancelled. Did I just duplicate all of them?

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How to move files

We understand that all your files are important. You can move your files by following the steps below:

• Change to Administrator your user account to access all the folders and files on your computer.
  
  • On your keyboard, press Windows key + X and select Control Panel.
    
  • Under User Accounts, click Change account.
  • Click the user account you want to use.
    
  • Click Change the account type.
  • Select Administrator and click Change Account Type.
• On your keyboard, press Windows key + E then click This PC and click
  Local Disk (C
• Click Users and the names of your user profile will show. Select the user account you want to copy the files from.
• Right-click and click copy.
• After that, go to the user account you want to move your file, right-click and click Paste. Repeat the steps as needed.
  

Keep us posted.

 

Taskbar bug: switching to another window -will not appear at the front


Follow either of these steps to fix the issue with the Active window hiding behind.

Method 1:
I suggest you to disable window by hovering over it with the mouse and check if it helps. To do so I suggest you to try the below given steps and check if it helps:

1. Press Windows key + X key and click on Control Panel.
2. Select or click Ease of Access.
3. Click or tap onEase of Access Centre.
4. Click on Make the Mouse Easier to Use was uncheck Activate Window by hovering over it with the mouse.
5. Check if issue is resolved.

Method 2:
I would suggest you to completely uninstall the touchpad driver and reinstall it. Kindly follow the below given steps.

1. Press “Windows key + X” and click on “Device Manager”.
2. In the list of devices, you should see the touchpad drivers.
3. Right click on the device and then select "Uninstall".
4. In the uninstall dialog, make sure you select the option to delete the driver package from the system. This causes the driver package installed earlier to be deleted.
5. In the Action menu of Device manager, select “Scan for Hardware changes” option. This will cause the device driver to be reinstalled. Once the driver is installed, close all windows and restart the computer.

 

Error: This Process Cannot Be Completed The File Is Open In Windows Explorer when deleting/moving a video file

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We appreciate your effort on this. We understand that when you are trying to delete or move some video files, you get an error, we will look into this for you. However, we would like to know if the issue occurs while deleting/moving any other file.



We would suggest you to refer the troubleshooting steps mentioned below and check if that helps:



Method 1: Close all background applications



We would suggest you to check if the file that you are trying to delete/move is open in background. If the file is open, close the file and then try deleting/moving it.



Alternatively, you can press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open
Task Manager and look for the applications that you are not using while deleting/moving the file. Right click on them and select
End Task.



Method 2: Turn off File preview in File Explorer



We can try turning off File preview in File Explorer and check if that helps in resolving the issue. Refer the steps mentioned below:

1. Press Windows key + R, to open
   Run dialog box.
   
2. Type control folders and click on
   OK.
   
3. Click on View tab.
   
4. Now, select the checkbox for Always show icons, never thumbnails.
   
5. Click on OK.
   

Method 3: Safe Mode



If Turning off File preview doesn’t help, I would suggest you to boot the computer into Safe Mode and check if you are able to delete/move the file. Refer the steps mentioned in the article

Start your PC in safe mode in Windows 10.



Let us know the results.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator