I am cleaning up some old files on my Vista system. I open a folder, selcect 5 file for example, get "Are you sure you want to move these 5 files to the Recycle Bin, y/n?", click OK and the Vista says "Moving 7,645 files to the Recycle Bin" or some other outrageous number. What?? These are not files that came with Vista but files I installed. I am logged as Administrator.
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- Thread starter jlavell
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They could be hidden files and folders in the folder you have chosen to delete.
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/86163-hidden-files-folders.html
Did you have a problem deleting them?
Shawn
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/86163-hidden-files-folders.html
Did you have a problem deleting them?
Shawn
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No, they delete correctly. It is just that the huge number scares me. It happened during a folder copy a couple of times also. I went to copy a folder containing maybe 20 items and it told me it was copying 10,162 items and was going to take 47 minutes. What??
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That is a big difference. :eek:
Next time, unhide all the System and Protected Operating System files to see how many show up when they are no longer hidden before deleting to see if that is what it is.
Next time, unhide all the System and Protected Operating System files to see how many show up when they are no longer hidden before deleting to see if that is what it is.
My Computers
System One System Two
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- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
- Manufacturer/Model
- Custom
- CPU
- Intel i7-8700K 5 GHz
- Motherboard
- ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
- Memory
- 64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
- Graphics card(s)
- ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
- Sound Card
- Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
- Screen Resolution
- 2560x1440
- Hard Drives
- 1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2, 4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2, 8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
- PSU
- Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
- Case
- Thermaltake Core P3
- Cooling
- Corsair Hydro H115i
- Mouse
- Logitech MX Master 3
- Keyboard
- Logitech wireless K800
- Internet Speed
- 1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
- Other Info
- Logitech Z625 speaker system, Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam, HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn, APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI, Galaxy S23 Plus phone
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- Operating System
- Windows 10 Pro
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Envy Y0F94AV
- CPU
- i7-7500U @ 2.70 GHz
- Memory
- 16 GB DDR4-2133
- Sound Card
- Conexant ISST Audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 17.3" UHD IPS touch
- Screen Resolution
- 3480 x 2160
- Hard Drives
- 512 GB M.2 SSD
Are you sure you are not misreading it?
It also tells you how much space is being moved.
It also tells you how much space is being moved.
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- Gigabyte Geforce GTX 660 TI
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- Primary CiBox 22" Widescreen LCD ,Secondary Dell 22" Widescreen
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- Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU
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- Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case
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- 3 x 80mm tri led front, 120mm side 120mm back, 200mm top
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- Technika TKOPTM2
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- Logik
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- 288 / 4000
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- Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers Trust Graphics Tablet