File Manager Query

[quote="headshox"]On the free file manager software, how on earth do you select a file for copying/moving/deleting etc? Whenever I click on a file it just opens it and the jog wheel seems to be inactive in the program. :-?[/quote]

Click on the icon to the left of the file name.

Seb,
I learnt this one today, tap the icon on the left of the file name and not on the file name itself, this will select the file without opening it.

HTH,
Nigel.

Bassey I salute you, for you are a being of great wisdom. :bday:

Legin you also posess great wisdom but are a little on the slow side.

Pipped at the post by a clear 2 minutes by Bassey.
Damn I need to be a bit quicker.
Damn I need to be a bit quicker.
Damn I need to be a bit quicker.
Damn I need to be a bit quicker.
Damn I need to be a bit quicker.
Damn I need to be a bit quicker.

Nigel.

I wouldn't worry Legin. My development server at work is down so I have little else to do at the moment. So I wouldn't say you were slower, probably just busier 😊

Man am I glad someone other had the same problem as me. This drove me stupid. Thanks for the tip. One question remains for me:

Is there a way to rename drive letters so that i can rename "c()" in somthing like "c(main drive)"? I can rename those memory sticks using the SE formating tool but what is with drive c???

Silly newbie question I'm afraid - when I'm looking at the Task List in file manager, what's "safe" to close down, and what should I be leaving well alone? :-?

Thanks guys 😊

[quote="Vindacatrix"]Silly newbie question I'm afraid - when I'm looking at the Task List in file manager, what's "safe" to close down, and what should I be leaving well alone? :-?

Thanks guys 😊[/quote]

I think it's just Applications, Phone and Beamer. Don't think anything else is essential. I usually have Handy Day and the Backdrop file running as well though. You can even close File Manager from within there!

Cheers Bassey - I had horrible visions of closing something that I shouldn't and ending up with an expensive SE-branded paperweight :roll:

Actually, the OS won't let you close down anything you shouldn't.
In File Manager it pops up a "can't close" message, and in Handy Day it doesn't give you the option to close it.

So, hammer away shutting things -- bear in mind that some stuff may not actually write back to "disk" unles you choose "exit " from it's menu so you could lose your session state on those apps.

Fantastic! I love it when programmers design their tech with stupid click-happy people like me in mind :P