Re: Delete Confirmation Box for Network Drives

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 08/02/04 

Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 10:13:29 -0500

Thank you for the reply, Allan. You make a good point. I guess I'll take
it upon myself to program the solution. (I love a good challenge!)

Take care,

Eric

"allan grossman [mvp]" <allan_grossman@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:928c01c4789b$023d1cc0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi, Eric -
>
> I'm *not* a programmer, but do know that darn near
> anything is possible if someone's willing to do the
> footwork; that said, the short answer to your question
> is 'no' - it's not possible to enable a delete
> confirmation dialog for network shares with the tools
> available in Windows XP.
>
> The mechanism for removing files from a network share and
> the one for removing them from a local filesystem are
> completely different - and when you consider that Windows
> XP needs to be able to interact with several different
> network filesystems I imagine you can see where at least
> part of the issue lies.
>
> Perhaps someone will come along with a better answer for
> you.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings,
> >
> >I'm a programmer, so I delete various versions of my
> source code all day
> >long. Therefore, I unchecked the "Display delete
> confirmation dialog"
> >checkbox in the Recycle Bin Properties window.
> >
> >However, on networked drives/shares, deleted files don't
> go to the recycling
> >bin, and that makes me quite nervous. Is there any way
> to enable the delete
> >confirmation the network shares and drives while
> disabling it for local
> >drives?
> >
> >Thank you!
> >
> >Eric
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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