Vista Empty Files UGGGGGGGGGGG

I am using Vista Home Premium 32bit SP1. Have just gone through a
long process of cutting and pasting many pictures from one location to
another, trying to get more organized. When I got well into this and checked
my progress, lo and behold, many of my folders were empty. (I did have a
backup, but I have no idea what caused me to have so many empty folders.)
Before I get back into this project I sure would like to know what I did
wrong.

Can someone PLEASE tell me? Thanks in advance for any advise.

Margaret

"Margaret B. \(La.\)" <Nannie_Margaret@msn.com> wrote:

>I am using Vista Home Premium 32bit SP1. Have just gone through a
>long process of cutting and pasting many pictures from one location to
>another, trying to get more organized. When I got well into this and checked
>my progress, lo and behold, many of my folders were empty. (I did have a
>backup, but I have no idea what caused me to have so many empty folders.)
>Before I get back into this project I sure would like to know what I did
>wrong.
>
>Can someone PLEASE tell me? Thanks in advance for any advise.

Hard to tell.

Word of advice: don't cut-and-paste. COPY-and-paste. Then when
you're sure you got things where you want them, delete what you don't
want.

Same goes for using the right-click "move to" and "copy to" items.

Use "copy to".

Thanks Mike, That sounds like a logical solution. Sure appreciate it.
Margaret

"Mike Torello" <torellom@chicoplt.com> wrote in message
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> "Margaret B. \(La.\)" <Nannie_Margaret@msn.com> wrote:
>
>>I am using Vista Home Premium 32bit SP1. Have just gone through a
>>long process of cutting and pasting many pictures from one location to
>>another, trying to get more organized. When I got well into this and
>>checked
>>my progress, lo and behold, many of my folders were empty. (I did have a
>>backup, but I have no idea what caused me to have so many empty folders.)
>>Before I get back into this project I sure would like to know what I did
>>wrong.
>>
>>Can someone PLEASE tell me? Thanks in advance for any advise.
>
> Hard to tell.
>
> Word of advice: don't cut-and-paste. COPY-and-paste. Then when
> you're sure you got things where you want them, delete what you don't
> want.
>
> Same goes for using the right-click "move to" and "copy to" items.
>
> Use "copy to".