A shortcut is a pointer to a file on your hard drive. This pointer can point to a program, a file, or a folder. The shortcut is a small file that takes very little space because it only has information about the location of the original file. It is not an exact copy of the original file. Wiki User. When you copy something, you create a clone file, and those two files are completely independent of each other, that means if something happens to one file ie if you delete it , then nothing will happen to the clone of the file, and it works vice versa.
On the other hand, a shortcut is dependant on the file it is leading to. If something happens to the mother file lets just call it that , like deletion, then the shortcut will be useless. What a shortcut does is just keeps you from going into a bunch of directories aka, my computer, or documents, etc.
Both functions do the same thing by placing a shortcut where you want it to be. Its only the method that's slightly different. If you right-click on an icon and hold the button in, the folder where you release the button gives a little menu where you can choose "create shortcut".
So when you click the "create shortcut" option, it places a shortcut there of the item you dragged there. If you right-click an icon and click "copy" in the menu that comes up, then you can go to another folder, right-click and click on "paste shortcut" and it will place the shortcut there.
An icon is the picture that decorates a shortcut. The shortcut is a path to a file. An icon is a graphical representation for a program or a shortcut which is merely a placeholder with the address for the program or internet site the shortcut is pointing to. That's the shortcut for copy. The shortcut for paste is Ctrl V. The main difference between hard copy and soft copy is that soft copy is software of computer whereas hard copy is hardware or parts of computer.
Soft copy is an electronic copy, hard copy is a paper copy. Hold down Ctrl and press C to copy. An abbreviation is a kind of shortcut. Hard copy is printed on paper. Soft copy is data on your screen, or saved in a file. Ctrl - C is the most common keyboard shortcut to copy highlighted text, but there are others, depending on the application you are using.
I'm able to access the files but cannot retrieve the original file as it is. Depending on how exactly you perform the copy operation, Windows will either copy the files, move them or create shortcuts pointing to the originals. The desktop files will appear OK but you will not be able to access the files on the removed USB drive that the shortcuts point to.
In Windows 8. You can also create shortcuts on the desktop for the desktop applications, folders and files you often use. I have no idea why because it doesnt really make any sense, but if I sweep out to select the entire desktop and try to copy to another folder that new folder will contain everything as a shortcut and not the actual file.
Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. After copying files from USB drive to desktop, why do I only have shortcuts? Ask Question. Asked 6 years, 11 months ago. Note: You can tell if an icon is a shortcut if it has a white square with a blue arrow in it in the default Windows 7 theme , on the lower left corner of the icon.
Here is what the web page shortcut would look like in the default Windows 7 theme on the desktop. Friday: 7 a. Saturday: 10 a. Sunday: 12 p. Grand Valley State University.
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