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Windows 95 behaved like Windows does today: "cutting" a file faded out the icon until it was pasted someplace else. Prior versions of Windows did not have an
by JonathonW 7y ago
Windows 95 behaved like Windows does today: "cutting" a file faded out the icon until it was pasted someplace else.
Prior versions of Windows did not have an equivalent to the "cut" operation; for example, Windows 3.1's File Manager moved files via a "File > Move..." menu option, which opened a dialog with two text fields to specify the source and destination. (Copying behaved similarly; the document-editing-inspired Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, and Ctrl-X bindings used today were all introduced for file management in the Windows world in Windows 95.)
- quietbritishjim 7y ago> "cutting" a file faded out the icon Cutting a file sets its hidden attribute. If you have turned on display of hidden files then they do indeed appear faded, but you have to be a fairly advanced user for that – for most people they will just seem to disappear. If you cut or copy another file the the first file will be unhidden, and I suppose also on a clean shutdown. Overall it's still confusing for a normal user who doesn't see hidden files, especially if they intentionally used cut without paste to delete a sensitive file.