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11 Feb 2010 | #1 |
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Problems with shift delete
Hi,
I'm having a weird problem. Often, not always, when I try and delete one or serveral files with shift-delete nothing happens. It is obvious that the system has registered the command because when I open task manager there is a process, inapplications, called "delete file". I can work around this by draging the file to the recycle bin and then deleting it from there, but that is a nuisance to have to do. Thank you for any help. |
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11 Feb 2010 | #2 |
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You may want to try the alternative that I use. Go to the file, right click and then delete. I found this to be much easier and it works.
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12 Feb 2010 | #3 |
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Thank you for your reply.
![]() Yes that would also be a work around. But I'm lazy ![]() In general I like to have a fully functional system, and when I don't i like to find out what might be causing the problem and fix it. ![]() ![]() |
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12 Feb 2010 | #4 |
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what kind of files, and is it for all files
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12 Feb 2010 | #5 |
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12 Feb 2010 | #6 |
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Hi,
I'm having a weird problem. Often, not always, when I try and delete one or serveral files with shift-delete nothing happens. It is obvious that the system has registered the command because when I open task manager there is a process, inapplications, called "delete file". I can work around this by draging the file to the recycle bin and then deleting it from there, but that is a nuisance to have to do. Thank you for any help. ![]() |
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12 Feb 2010 | #7 |
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Hi,
I'm having a weird problem. Often, not always, when I try and delete one or serveral files with shift-delete nothing happens. It is obvious that the system has registered the command because when I open task manager there is a process, inapplications, called "delete file". I can work around this by draging the file to the recycle bin and then deleting it from there, but that is a nuisance to have to do. Thank you for any help. Attachment 53683 ![]() |
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12 Feb 2010 | #8 |
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I agree that's odd. Personally I have not had Win7 do this to me, and I am like you.... I use Shift + Del a lot.
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29 Nov 2010 | #9 |
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Has anyone found a fix to this problem???
This Problem is the biggest problem I've found with windows 7
I'm also getting this problem... ![]() If I select only a small amount of files or small file size files I can delete fine via the Keyboard and skip the recycle bin with Shift + delete. But if I select a large number of files e.g. 500+ *.txt files, or a couple of large files (not sure on the exact size) then the Keyboard Shift + Delete will only send the files to the recycle bin. Implemented I'm sure to safe guard you from deleting Large files or too many multiple files accidentally. The exact number of files where the behaviour changes seems to change depending on the total number of files selected, and the combined file size of the files to be deleted. This doesn't happen if you Shift delete with the right mouse button method... As I have always deleted (When recycle bin is not required) with the keyboard Shift + Delete, it is very annoying to now have to right click to do the same thing. Does anyone know if there is a registry setting or something to change this behaviour? |
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