From Excel's "File Open" dialog box, I cut the latest version of a file to
replace a previous version in a different folder. The previous version
remained and the latest version was deleted and it's not in the Recycle Bin
or anyplace else. Is this a bug? Windows XP Home SP2
Pegasus (MVP) - 26 May 2008 10:40 GMT
> From Excel's "File Open" dialog box, I cut the latest version of a file to
> replace a previous version in a different folder. The previous version
> remained and the latest version was deleted and it's not in the Recycle
> Bin
> or anyplace else. Is this a bug? Windows XP Home SP2
This is by design - it's not a bug. "Cut" does not place a file
into the Recycle Bin - it puts it into the Clipboard.
Alan - 26 May 2008 14:49 GMT
Hi Pegasus,
I think Gone means that he/she tried replacing an Excel file of the same
name by cutting it from one folder and overwriting an Excel file of the same
name in a second folder.
Then when Gone opened up what was expected to be the newer version of the
Excel file in the target folder, all that was there was the contents of the
original Excel file, and the newer revised Excel file in the first folder no
longer existed.
Gone, for what it's worth, I generally try to never cut a file to put it in
a second folder. I always Copy the file to the second folder and once I'm
sure it's there and has the content that I expect, I go back to the first
folder and delete the file.
I realize that this is not going to help you now, unfortunately.
Alan
>> From Excel's "File Open" dialog box, I cut the latest version of a file
>> to
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> This is by design - it's not a bug. "Cut" does not place a file
> into the Recycle Bin - it puts it into the Clipboard.
Alan - 26 May 2008 14:58 GMT
Gone,
I just re-read your post more carefully than I originally did. So maybe I'm
not exactly sure what it was that you were attempting.
What version of Excel are you using?
In all the versions of Excel that I have on my various machines, the 'Cut'
option is in the Edit menu, not the File menu.
And when you use the 'Cut' you should have a second Excel worksheet open in
which to Paste the contents.
That said, I still prefer to use Edit | Copy | Paste rather than Edit | Cut
| Paste for the same reasons I gave in my earlier reply.
Alan
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> Hi Pegasus,
>
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>> This is by design - it's not a bug. "Cut" does not place a file
>> into the Recycle Bin - it puts it into the Clipboard.