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colder wrote:

> Hi:
> When I try to delete multiple pictures,by using CTRL key and highlighting
> the pictures I want deleted.
> I do not want to Select All.
> If I try doing this with more than about 4 of them at a time,my computer
> makes a,"Copy," of each one I highlighted at the end of the list.
> Help!!!!

Learn to control your mouse. If you don't click on a file, windows thinks you
are dragging and copying the files.
Try selecting ranges by incorporating the shift key.

"colder" <> wrote in message
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> Hi:
> When I try to delete multiple pictures,by using CTRL key and highlighting
> the pictures I want deleted.
> I do not want to Select All.
> If I try doing this with more than about 4 of them at a time,my computer
> makes a,"Copy," of each one I highlighted at the end of the list.
> Help!!!!
> Thanks

I had this same problem with ME or was it SE? I don't recall how I resolved
it. But one thing I did was to cut and paste the pics I wanted to delete
into another folder, then delete the folder.
It has nothing to do with the mouse. It was an issue with ME itself and
perhaps only certain versions.
In XP, that problem does not happen.

"thanatoid" <> wrote in message
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> "colder" <> wrote in
> news:
>
>> Hi:
>> When I try to delete multiple pictures,by using CTRL key
>> and highlighting the pictures I want deleted.
>> I do not want to Select All.
>> If I try doing this with more than about 4 of them at a
>> time,my computer makes a,"Copy," of each one I highlighted
>> at the end of the list.
>> Help!!!!
>> Thanks
>
> The mouse makes a lot of things easier, but even more things
> harder and slower. There are admittedly some things a mouse is
> essential for, but less than you would think.
>
> Instead of using the mouse with your task, you should be using
> the up and down arrow and spacebar keys.
>
> Hold down Ctl and hit up or down until you get to the file you
> want to highlight (for copying, moving, deletion, or whatever).
> When you do, hit the spacebar, the file will be highlighted.
> Keep on doing this. If it's ALL the files in the directory, just
> hit Ctl-A, or if it's ALMOST all, hit Ctl-A and then de-select
> the ones you don't want using the same method.
>
> Once you've highlighted all the files, use the appropriate
> shortcut to do what you want to do with them. If all you want to
> do is delete, just hit the Delete key. Done. (Clean out your
> Recycle Bin once in a while.)
>
> (Admittedly, depending on WHAT you want to do, this CAN be a
> little tricky depending on the features of your particular
> application. Windows Explorer, for instance, appears to have
> been designed to drive people crazy more than anything else.
> There are hundreds of superior alternatives for managing your
> files, many free.)
>
> When you get good at this you'll find out an additional thing
> you can do using the Shift key along with the others I
> mentioned, but I'll let you discover this one on your own.
>
> 95% of things people laboriously move the mouse a few hundredths
> of an inch to achieve can be done without errors and almost
> instantly using a combination of quickly-learned keyboard
> shortcut combinations.
>
> For instance, an astounding amount of people do not know that by
> holding down Ctl and using the left and right arrows you jump by
> word not by letter. Get where you want, and then holding Shift
> and Ctl down, hit the left (or right) arrow and you will
> highlight the word(s) you want to change. Why waste 10 (or more)
> seconds trying to highlight it (them) with the stupid mouse? And
> you can highlight any single word just by double clicking, and
> in some applications, an entire line or a paragraph with three
> clicks.
>
> Not to mention most mice need a cleaning every few weeks.
> Sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's a half-hour job.

It was not a mouse issue as I had the same problem. And I was using the
control keys.
I believe it was an issue in certain issues of SE. Once I upgraded to ME,
the problem had been resolved.

"sittingduck" <you.love.sitting-> wrote in message
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> colder wrote:
>
>> Hi:
>> When I try to delete multiple pictures,by using CTRL key and
>> highlighting
>> the pictures I want deleted.
>> I do not want to Select All.
>> If I try doing this with more than about 4 of them at a time,my computer
>> makes a,"Copy," of each one I highlighted at the end of the list.
>> Help!!!!
>
> Learn to control your mouse. If you don't click on a file, windows thinks
> you
> are dragging and copying the files.
> Try selecting ranges by incorporating the shift key.

Wrong. One version of SE had this issue, which I had. It seems that if you
deleted one image, you got a renamed duplicate. Using mouse or keys.

richard wrote:

>> Learn to control your mouse. If you don't click on a file, windows thinks
>> you
>> are dragging and copying the files.
>> Try selecting ranges by incorporating the shift key.
>
> Wrong. One version of SE had this issue, which I had. It seems that if you
> deleted one image, you got a renamed duplicate. Using mouse or keys.

Not wrong. Maybe not the cause of your problem, but not wrong.

[skev]

Originally Posted by colder

Hi:
When I try to delete multiple pictures,by using CTRL key and highlighting
the pictures I want deleted.
I do not want to Select All.
If I try doing this with more than about 4 of them at a time,my computer
makes a,"Copy," of each one I highlighted at the end of the list.
Help!!!!
Thanks

thank you for ending my night mare, Skev.