Windows 10: Problems Copying a file from Downloads folder?

.exe files in particular won't copy from my Downloads folder to another drive?

It says something like " Do you wish to Copy with missing files? "

Thanks

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Copying a file from external disk locks windows explorer

I have a HD "My Passport" 1TB USB external drive. When I try to copy a file onto my Acer Aspire E1 the progress window stops and Window Explorer won't respond to any other mouse/board action. It eventually clears itself but does the same if I repeat the
copy. The HD light remains on. The external disk works fine with other laptops. Any ideas?

 

Copying a file from external disk locks windows explorer

Hi Kim,

Corrupted system files may be the possible cause why when you tried to copy a file the progress window stops responding. To efficiently assist you, we'd like to gather more information:

• Have you made any recent changes prior to this issue?
• Are you getting any error messages?
• Could you tell us what troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

Meanwhile, we suggest that you follow the steps in this
article to scan for corruption and restore corrupted files. We also recommend that you perform the instructions in this

article to restore Windows corruptions errors.

Keep us posted if you need additional help.

 

How exactly are you trying to do the copy?

 

I have tried ' Copy & Paste ' & Drag & Drop!

Thanks

 

Can you try again and make a note of the exact error message.

 

Tried copying from Downloads folder to USB device!

I must admit that since then it copies ok?

I have been fiddling with my User - Admin account!

Would that have caused the initial problem copying?

Thanks

 

Ok, that issue is often when you try and copy from an NTFS formatted drive to a drive formatted in FAT32 or another incompatible format , the disk index system just doesn't have the same information as the NTFS drive.

If this IS the case and you desperately need to keep the file properties , you'd need to re-format the disk as an NTFS format drive.

Otherwise it shouldn't really affect the copied files.

 

Right! Bet the USB drive is formatted as FAT or FAt32.