Re: no help on this?

Thanks for help Steve. I'll experiment with the settings. I have the xp recycle bin set up the same as w98. the reason I don't want the dialog box set was because I don't want a warning when the file is merely sent to recycle bin, which is what the option is for.

Do you get the warning when the deletion sends it to the recycle bin? I'm guessing so, and that is what is an anoyance to me.

Anyway if you see the recycling warning let me know and I'll play with the settings when I get to work where the LAN is.\

Steve Winograd [MVP] permanently inked into the cyberlog:

In article <O3KZXRZpHHA.3736@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "phil"
<mymsnews@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm just amazed that this was not an issue when XP came out, and that
the people that replied to my post are indifferent about it and
everyone else apparently feel the same way. Surely lots of users
disable the warning and expect to see it pop up when it is a
permanent deletion.

I'm interested in your question. I replied to your last message and
asked you to say how to make the "permanent" warning appear in Win98
so that I can test it.

Under recycle bin properties you can set or clear a warning message
on deletions. I cleared it and deletions are automatically sent to
recycle bin without warning and if you shift-del there is a warning
'are you sure you want to delete ...' Across a lan the deletion is
permanent and not sent to a recycle bin and win98 would give the
warning and xp does not. A bad design bug or whatever.

Thanks for that explanation. I've done some tests, and I see the same
behavior on 98 and XP when deleting a file over the network in all
cases. It makes no differences whether "Do not move files to the
Recycle Bin. Remove files immediately when deleted" is checked or
un-checked on either computer. The warning that I see in all cases is
"Are you sure that you want to delete 'file.typ'?". If you see a
different "permanent" warning, what is its complete and exact text?

However, that warning only appears when the box "Display delete
confirmation dialog" is checked on the computer that is deleting the
file. On Win98, that box is automatically checked and grayed out when
you check "Do not move files to the Recycle Bin . . .". On XP, you
have to manually check that box when you check "Do not move files to
the Recycle Bin . . .". I suspect that you've left that box
un-checked on XP.

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Phil


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Relevant Pages

  • Re: no help on this?
    ... warning and expect to see it pop up when it is a permanent deletion. ... not sent to a recycle bin and win98 would give the warning and xp does ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
  • Re: no help on this?
    ... asked you to say how to make the "permanent" warning appear in Win98 ... recycle bin without warning and if you shift-del there is a warning ... Across a lan the deletion is ... and network without recycle bin. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
  • Re: no help on this?
    ... Surely lots of users disable the warning and expect to see it pop up when it is a permanent deletion. ... Under recycle bin properties you can set or clear a warning message on deletions. ... Across a lan the deletion is permanent and not sent to a recycle bin and win98 would give the warning and xp does not. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
  • Re: no help on this?
    ... the recycle bin delete confirmation was disabled. ... XP, this is not so, deletions over LAN are permanent and without warning ... Put a check mark in the box "Display delete confirmation dialog". ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
  • Re: Restore trash can
    ... But you also get a warning when emptying the recycle bin. ... people in a hurry or not in high peak mental condition press stuff without reading the warnings.. ... This design is a big mistake, and there is nothing you can say against it since millions of people have this same problem! ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)
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