Irritating cross-system file copy behavior.

Stop preemptive copy.

from Stardock Forums
I have to turn off the corss system file copy because it constantly hangs my systems. I do a lot of file manipulation and am constantly copying files within a single system. Multiplicity starts preparing for a cross system copy even if I have no intention of copying the file cross system. Could you make it so it only copies the files over if I move my mouse back to the original system? Or perhaps an additional key sequence? Or when I actually do a paste on the target system? I'd love to have this feature work, I just can't afford the constant interruption as it tries to prep a 5gb copy that isn't ever going to the other system anyway.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Multiplicity will only prepare for the copy if something on the remote machine requests the contents of the clipboard.  Once this request has been sent, Multiplicity must ensure the contents of the clipboard are complete as it will not get any more notifications from the OS.  Explorer does tend to do this when you show certain menus in explorer.

Clicking the X on the copy dialog showing on the primary should stop the copy.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Ok... which menus?

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The right click menu in explorer in particular will cause it.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Ok. I'm not right clicking though. I hit copy on one system and as soon as I hit copy the other system starts prepping. The mouse never moves off of the system that I hit copy on (how could it, it happens almost instantly...). So what could be causing it to fire almost immediately, before the mouse even moves off the file I'm copying?