Shift+Delete thousands of files takes a very long time

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Jonathan Livni

Hi,
During my work a I often delete at once thousands of files from a single
folder. When I click Shift+Delete it takes a long while (20sec - 2min) for
Vista to respond and to ask "Are you sure you want to permanently delete
these files...".
Is there a way to delete these files more quickly?

The same happens when I right click when a lot of files are selected, but
there I'm less optimistic about finding a workaround.

btw, in Ubuntu deleting thousands of files takes the same as deleting a
single file. But I like Vista so I work mainly on it :)
 
Thanks for the quick reply Mark.

Could you elaborate about:
- What is the shadow copy feature good for?
- Why is it relevant in this case?
- How do I turn it off?

Thanks
 
Thanks for the quick reply Mark.

Could you elaborate about:
- What is the shadow copy feature good for?
- Why is it relevant in this case?
- How do I turn it off?
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DON'T... if you like System Restore.

Learn to live with the time issue.
 
The System Restore and also the Backup features incorporates an ability to
choose the previous version of a file. These are powers the *nix systems
only wish for. It does require time to write the data, however.
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Guess what... another Microsoft "feature" that simply doesn't work
with any reliability
 
DON'T... if you like System Restore.

Learn to live with the time issue.
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That's what I like. Another MS fanboy showing his ignorance. If
something in Vista doesn't work, is pitifully slow, often crashes,
just tell them to live with it. Priceless!
 
Ringmaster said:
Guess what... another Microsoft "feature" that simply doesn't work
with any reliability
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What I really meant was I don't know how to use that feature. For most, it
works with reliability. I think my machine is messed up.
 
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