deleting items that copy themselves

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I have been trying to send items to the recycle bin (jpeg images that I saved
from the internet). I highlighted the items then right clicked and then
clicked on delete and before it sent the item to the recycle bin it made a
copy and replaced the deleted item in the same folder. I also tried edit,
select all and then delete but, when I did that the computer froze up for
about 30 seconds and than the program was not responding. I can only assume
that this is due to some sort of file protection and am hoping that this is
something that I can turn off.
 
Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:30:01 -0800 from justme
I have been trying to send items to the recycle bin (jpeg images that I saved
from the internet). I highlighted the items then right clicked and then
clicked on delete and before it sent the item to the recycle bin it made a
copy and replaced the deleted item in the same folder.
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All renamed as "copy of ..."? If so, you wiggled your mouse just a
little before right clicking. See
http://oakroadsystems.com/tech/winxptip.htm#FileMultiple
to prevent a recurrence.
 
Many thanks to Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, for his answer to my question. I
bookmarked the page and I am sure it will prove to be quite helpful because
there are many things that I need to learn about XP and I can get most, if
not all my info right from that page.
 
Sat, 1 Apr 2006 16:31:01 -0800 from justme
Many thanks to Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, for his answer to my question. I
bookmarked the page and I am sure it will prove to be quite helpful because
there are many things that I need to learn about XP and I can get most, if
not all my info right from that page.
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Happy I could help.

But I don't want to take _too_ much credit. My own list of tips is
very short compared to what all is out there. :-)
 
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