Copy Files Dialog Too Small

Hi,

when copying files using Windows Explorer I can't possible read any useful
information from the Copy File dialog. It's much too small for any file name
found on my hard drive.

All I can read is the root directory, an eclipse and some part of the last
child directory. But no file name at all! Even when I switch to "Detailed"
view I still can't read anything useful - except for the time it takes for
the copy process to take place perhaps...

Is it possible to resize the Copy/Move File dialog or to activate some
tooltips to actually be able to read some useful information from that dialog?

TIA,
Axel Dahmen

No, but you can use a Command Prompt, and a command that would output the
process as it happens, even to a file if you like.

Robocopy:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true

There is a GUI for it available.
Utility Spotlight Robocopy GUI:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/m.../cc160891.aspx

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"Axel Dahmen" <keentoknow@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:8405BF06-AD36-402F-B621-8F5FF1805BDD@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> when copying files using Windows Explorer I can't possible read any useful
> information from the Copy File dialog. It's much too small for any file
> name
> found on my hard drive.
>
> All I can read is the root directory, an eclipse and some part of the last
> child directory. But no file name at all! Even when I switch to "Detailed"
> view I still can't read anything useful - except for the time it takes for
> the copy process to take place perhaps...
>
> Is it possible to resize the Copy/Move File dialog or to activate some
> tooltips to actually be able to read some useful information from that
> dialog?
>
> TIA,
> Axel Dahmen

Thanks, Mark, for trying to help.

But actually copying my web projects from A to B would be very tedious using
the Command Prompt or anything similar. It would be a galore of copying and
pasting path names.

My personal opinion is that Vista should do the job, not some third-party
component. That what it's been paid for...

Perhaps someone from MS reads this and adds a corresponding functionality to
Vista with the next service pack.

Axel Dahmen


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"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> No, but you can use a Command Prompt, and a command that would output the
> process as it happens, even to a file if you like.
>
> Robocopy:
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true
>
> There is a GUI for it available.
> Utility Spotlight Robocopy GUI:
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/m.../cc160891.aspx
>
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> Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web
> interface.
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>
> Mark L. Ferguson
>
> .
>
> "Axel Dahmen" <keentoknow@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:8405BF06-AD36-402F-B621-8F5FF1805BDD@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > when copying files using Windows Explorer I can't possible read any useful
> > information from the Copy File dialog. It's much too small for any file
> > name
> > found on my hard drive.
> >
> > All I can read is the root directory, an eclipse and some part of the last
> > child directory. But no file name at all! Even when I switch to "Detailed"
> > view I still can't read anything useful - except for the time it takes for
> > the copy process to take place perhaps...
> >
> > Is it possible to resize the Copy/Move File dialog or to activate some
> > tooltips to actually be able to read some useful information from that
> > dialog?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Axel Dahmen
>