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Windows Nov 04, 2026

Selecting a bunch of files at once in File Explorer

I need to move about 40 photos out of a folder of 300 into another one. They aren't next to each other. Clicking one by one and dragging keeps deselecting everything. What's the trick?
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sumit_47 Nov 05, 2026
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Ctrl+click picks individual files, click one and Shift+click another selects everything between them, and Ctrl+A grabs the whole folder. You can mix them, Shift for a range then Ctrl to add or remove a few. If you keep losing a selection by misclicking, View > Show > Item check boxes adds a tick box to each file.
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