deleting files 5384

Man... is it my imagination, or has deleting files become an unbeliebably complex endeavor? Just delete the effin' things, OK?

Right click Recycle Bin on the desktop > under General (tab) uncheck "Display delete confirmation dialog". This currently exist XP, its not new to Vista. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Lang Murphy" wrote in message

Man... is it my imagination, or has deleting files become an unbeliebably complex endeavor? Just delete the effin' things, OK?

I can't stand downloading things...
Information bar > download dialog > save dialog > downloading dialog > copying to folder > saving to disk > download complete dialog...
Pppffft! Get a grip! Just let us know when the download's done and thats it!!
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Right click Recycle Bin on the desktop > under General (tab) uncheck "Display delete confirmation dialog". This currently exist XP, its not new to Vista. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Lang Murphy" wrote in message Man... is it my imagination, or has deleting files become an unbeliebably complex endeavor? Just delete the effin' things, OK?

Sorry... was on the road this past week... don't know if you'll get this...
But... I think it's more than just the confirmation dlg's... I'm trying to delete the windows.old folder, and, granted, it's 25GB's... but it takes for, and I mean, for-evvvvver to delete it and it actually throws errors and doesn't complete the delete.
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Right click Recycle Bin on the desktop > under General (tab) uncheck "Display delete confirmation dialog". This currently exist XP, its not new to Vista. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Lang Murphy" wrote in message Man... is it my imagination, or has deleting files become an unbeliebably complex endeavor? Just delete the effin' things, OK?

LOL... yeah, man!
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

I can't stand downloading things...
Information bar > download dialog > save dialog > downloading dialog copying to folder saving to disk > download complete dialog...
Pppffft! Get a grip! Just let us know when the download's done and thats it!!
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message Right click Recycle Bin on the desktop > under General (tab) uncheck "Display delete confirmation dialog". This currently exist XP, its not new to Vista. -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Lang Murphy" wrote in message Man... is it my imagination, or has deleting files become an unbeliebably complex endeavor? Just delete the effin' things, OK?

Same here. My typical workflow ends up being something like: 1. Select files/folders and hit Shift+Del (trying to delete, not recycle) 2. "Are you sure you want to PERMANENTLY delete...?" -> "Yes" and "Provide administrator credentials" -> "Repeat my answer" checkbox and "Continue", then confirm in the "Account Control" dialog. 3. As it starts deleting: "File does not exist. Do you want to create it?" If "No", nothing is deleted. So, "Yes"+"Repeat my answer". 4. A short time later: "Item no longer present at this location. Confirm and retry." "Try Again" does nothing, so "Skip"+"Repeat my answer". 5. More often than not, there will also be a "Folder not empy, cannot delete" dialog, where I have to select "Skip"+"Repeat my answer".
End result: after selection, keypress, at least 8 mouse clicks and, frankly, an inordinate amount of time, a small percentage of all the files selected for deletion end up in the RECYCLE BIN. Emptying the Recycle Bin follows the exact same steps and takes multiple tries, as does copying or moving files to a different folder.
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Nik

But... I think it's more than just the confirmation dlg's... I'm trying to delete the windows.old folder, and, granted, it's 25GB's... but it takes for, and I mean, for-evvvvver to delete it and it actually throws errors and doesn't complete the delete.

To get around some of those 'Account Control' boxes, press the windows key-, then type in 'msconfig' then go to the 'Tools' tab, then click on 'Disable UAP' and then the 'Launch' button in the right hand corner and then restart your machine. That might help

Same here. My typical workflow ends up being something like: 1. Select files/folders and hit Shift+Del (trying to delete, not recycle) 2. "Are you sure you want to PERMANENTLY delete...?" -> "Yes" and "Provide administrator credentials" -> "Repeat my answer" checkbox and "Continue", then confirm in the "Account Control" dialog. 3. As it starts deleting: "File does not exist. Do you want to create it?" If "No", nothing is deleted. So, "Yes"+"Repeat my answer". 4. A short time later: "Item no longer present at this location. Confirm and retry." "Try Again" does nothing, so "Skip"+"Repeat my answer". 5. More often than not, there will also be a "Folder not empy, cannot delete" dialog, where I have to select "Skip"+"Repeat my answer". End result: after selection, keypress, at least 8 mouse clicks and, frankly, an inordinate amount of time, a small percentage of all the files selected for deletion end up in the RECYCLE BIN. Emptying the Recycle Bin follows the exact same steps and takes multiple tries, as does copying or moving files to a different folder.
Not good
Nik
But... I think it's more than just the confirmation dlg's... I'm trying to delete the windows.old folder, and, granted, it's 25GB's... but it takes for, and I mean, for-evvvvver to delete it and it actually throws errors and doesn't complete the delete.

To get around some of those 'Account Control' boxes, press the windows key-R, then type in 'msconfig' then go to the 'Tools' tab, then click on 'Disable UAP' and then the 'Launch' button in the right hand corner and then restart your machine. That might help

Thanks for the suggestion, Tom. I'll probably end up doing that sooner rather than later. Right now, I don't mind the intentional extra security, though it seems like a bit of an overkill - what bugs me are the messages and dialogs that shouldn't be there, plus the fact that file manipulations don't work properly.
Nik
"Tom Ziegmann" wrote:

To get around some of those 'Account Control' boxes, press the windows key-R, then type in 'msconfig' then go to the 'Tools' tab, then click on 'Disable UAP' and then the 'Launch' button in the right hand corner and then restart your machine. That might help