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Copying by Dragging Icons

You can drag icons from one folder to another, from one drive to another,
from a drive to a folder on another drive, and so on. (When you’ve selected
several icons, drag any one of them, and the others will go along for the

ride.)

Here’s what happens when you drag icons in the usual way, using the left
mouse button:

Dragging to another folder on the same disk moves the folder or
file.

Dragging from one disk to another copies the folder or file.

Holding down the Ctrl key while dragging to another folder on

the same disk copies the file. (If you do so within a single window,
Windows creates a duplicate of the file called “[Filename] -

Copy.”)