ledetekst

Thanks for your reply. Meant for deleting files, not copying though.. In explorers default view it looks like Windows XP is deleting the newest files first (weird..). But if you sort it by date, and select the oldest first, it it will delete by oldest first. That however - doesn't fix the problem Explorer not giving an option to skip files in use/locked. But I made a fix! Added this context menu in registry instead. Since RMDIR has parameters to skip files, why not add it directly to Explorer? (not different from the "CMD from here" context menu) Added a key called "CMD" under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Classes/Folder/Shell Added the value "RMDIR_deletion" to the standard REG_SZ Added a key called "command" HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Classes/Folder/Shell/CMD Added the value "cmd /k rmdir . /s" to the standard REG_SZ Now each time you right-click a folder, RMDIR will run from that directory, and delete all sub-directories. Didn't add /Q (quiet) in case of accidental clicks. Brilliant for stopping those annoying nags!

In what order/sequence are files in Windows XP being deleted, when using Explorer.exe and marking files/folders and pressing delete? Which criteria is Windows using to decide which files are being deleted first? Based on Date (new or old), filename, size? Anyone have a clue? Is it also possible for to skip files/folders, that cannot be deleted for some reason (in use or locked), and continue deleting other files. For example when clearing Temp folder. In Vista there is a continue option, but in Windows XP it just stops.. Annoying having to find out which files that cannot be deleted, unselect them manually one at a time, and continue and try again once more.. (Know about parameters in CMD yes, but like to do this using Explorer) Thanks