How To Copy and Paste File or Folder On Windows 11 [Tutorial]
Always drag icons while holding down the right mouse button. Windows is then gracious enough to give you a menu of options when you position the icon, and you can choose to copy, move, or create a shortcut. If you hold down the left mouse button, Windows sometimes doesn’t know whether you want to copy or move.
Is the new File Explorer on Windows 11 puzzling you? Learn how you can cut, copy and paste files/folders in Windows 11 using the new menu items.
With every new Windows iteration, a plethora of new features are introduced and some of the old ones are either modified or done away with altogether. It’s pretty much the same with Windows 11. The first change you must have noticed was probably the centered ‘Taskbar’, a cool introduction indeed.
In older versions of Windows before Windows 11, the copy, cut, paste, rename and delete options are always visible as text in the context menu when you right-click a file or folder. In Windows 11, however, things have changed a little bit. When you right-click an item, these options no longer appear as text in the context menu.
But, there are many changes that might put you in a pickle. For instance, the context menu. It has been revamped altogether with just a few relevant options left. So, how do you cut, copy or paste a file/folder in Windows 11?
Windows offers many ways to copy and move files. We’ll show you all the tricks for File Explorer, and how to use them in Command Prompt and PowerShell. You can even add “Copy to” and “Move to” to File Explorer’s context menus.
When you copy a file or folder in Windows 11, a duplicate is made of the selected item and saved in a destination folder of your choosing. However, when you move a file or folder, the original item moves to the destination folder instead of sending an identical copy.
Issues addressed in this tutorial:
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This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops, and tablets running the Windows 11 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, and Samsung.
