Windows 10: QuickLaunch file overwrite on file not yet created

Discus and support QuickLaunch file overwrite on file not yet created in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; I have directories and related subdirectories in my QuickLaunch folder for Music. I fine-tune metadata for a music folder and then create a playlist... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by gremlinkurst, Dec 7, 2017.

  1. GREMLINKURST
    gremlinkurst Win User

    QuickLaunch file overwrite on file not yet created


    I have directories and related subdirectories in my QuickLaunch folder for Music. I fine-tune metadata for a music folder and then create a playlist for VLC Media Player to use. Then I cut and paste the shortcut to the M3U8 file into the QuickLaunch subdirectory—only to be surprised by a file overwrite messagebox. How could I be required to overwrite a file that does not exist? How did that file GET there, the one I had not YET created?

    This is NOT an isolated incident. It has happened at least fifty times (I have QUITE an extensive music library).

    :)
     
    gremlinkurst, Dec 7, 2017
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  2. FILE EXPLORER
    File Explorer Win User

    File Explorer has gone crazy after last nights upgrade.

    My only has icons instead of full descriptions. I can not get back to a point where I have tabs that actually say something. Please tell me how to get my view repaired? help... Help.... HELP!!!
     
    File Explorer, Dec 7, 2017
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  3. ZLDRQ
    zldrq Win User
    Drag'n'drop file on top of quicklaunch icons doesn't work anymore

    I'm used to run files by drag'n'dropping them on top of one of the icons in quicklaunch. When I need to launch file with some specific app, while file is associated with another, or just use the other version of app. E.g. drag and drop png file on Paint
    icon or Photoshop icon, whether i need to edit it with on or another.

    But now, when I drag a file of top of app in quicklaunch, icon turns to striked circle (\). At the same time (what frustrates me even more), I can add a file/shortcut to qucklaunch by dragging it on the empty space (or between apps' shortcuts).

    I have Windows 10 and everything was working just some time ago.
     
    zldrq, Dec 7, 2017
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  4. GREMLINKURST
    gremlinkurst Win User

    QuickLaunch file overwrite on file not yet created

    Seventy-nine views and no answer? Really?

    Perhaps I should add that I've been a Windows user since 1984, and this is the only time I've experienced this. I do not have any method or mechanism in place to automatically place shortcuts into the QuickLaunch subdirectories; this must be done manually. Yet, many times, there is already a file there that I did not create.
     
    gremlinkurst, Dec 8, 2017
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