deleting files/folders

[Guest]

i was just trying to clean up "my docs". it gets all my e-mail/ surfing junk and once in a blue moon i consolidate it. in the process of trying to delete some compressed files(skins for gaming) i managed to copy them countless times. i hit control+a and right click adding files and folders as i go. when i select delete, they are copied to "my docs" again. what have i done, lol, as this is getting out of hand.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Anytime you hold control and drag the files; even slightly, they will copy. Use
control (skip the a) to select; then right-click to delete. Ctrl+A selects all, ctrl
alone will allow you select out of sequence files, then right-click to delete.
A List of the Keyboard Shortcuts That Are Available in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301583

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i was just trying to clean up "my docs". it gets all my e-mail/ surfing junk and

once in a blue moon i consolidate it. in the process of trying to delete some
compressed files(skins for gaming) i managed to copy them countless times. i hit
control+a and right click adding files and folders as i go. when i select delete,
they are copied to "my docs" again. what have i done, lol, as this is getting out of
hand.

 

[Sharon F]

i was just trying to clean up "my docs". it gets all my e-mail/ surfing
junk and once in a blue moon i consolidate it. in the process of trying
to delete some compressed files(skins for gaming) i managed to copy them
countless times. i hit control+a and right click adding files and
folders as i go. when i select delete, they are copied to "my docs"
again. what have i done, lol, as this is getting out of hand.

After clicking on the last file that you want selected, release the key on
the keyboard *before* moving the mouse to perform the delete. Or select the
unwanted items using the mouse and then press Delete on the keyboard.