File Manager and copying / moving files

[Petherick]

Hi

I have Astro File Manager installed on my Desire and have been trying unsuccesfully to copy and move files. There is a 'copy' function but when I navigate to a different folder, the 'paste' function doesn't appear to work. I expect I'm missing something obvious, so can anyone tell me what it is?

Thanks in advance

 

[AnotherJoe]

Press and hold the file u wish to copy until the 'File Options' menu appears. Then select edit -> copy.

Then press and hold the destination directory until the 'File Options' menu appears. Then select edit -> paste.

 

[Petherick]

Hi - thanks, but it doesn't do that on mine. If I press and hold the (mp3) file I want to move, I get the options 'Details/Open As/Edit/Send/Music Options'

There is a menu bar at the top of the screen, but copy doesn't appear to work in the way I'd expect.

 

[AnotherJoe]

Thats correct - so u select edit - which then brings up a second menu with copy, delete,move,paste,rename

 

[Petherick]

Hi AnotherJoe

yes, that seems to work, but when I navigate to the folder I want to drop it into, 'paste' is greyed out.

I must be missing something here!

 

[AnotherJoe]

Do u have permissions to copy to the target directory?

For example if I try to copy something to the .android_secure directory then paste is greyed out.

You could try another good file explorer such as 'ES File Explorer' and see if has same problem.

 

[Petherick]

I'll try another file explorer and report back if I still have problems.

Thanks for the help.