Why do files automatically copy when dragging?

I've just upgraded from Snow Leopard to Lion and now I find that when I drag files in the finder from one window or folder to another, just to move them, the files automatically copy instead of relocate. I'm dragging with the standard left click on the mouse, and no option key. This is leaving me with duplicate files all over the place. How can I stop this from happening?
thanks,
Jack

Sounds like something in Finder is mucked up.
Go to your Finder "Go" menu hold the option key to choose "Library"
Then go to Preferences trash these files:
com.apple.finder.plist
com.apple.sidebarlists.plist
Then, restart, or log out and in again.
(You will have to reset a few finder prefs the way you like them.)

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