<ObiWan target='Windows' function='FolderDeletion'>
        <jedimindtrick>Move along! Move along!</jedimindtrick>
</ObiWan>

Ok, I'm sure everyone has this rant.  I've had it for a long time and here's hoping that one day it'll get changed (Longhorn maybe).  I go to my %TEMP% directory, hit CTRL-A to select all and do a SHIFT-DELETE to permantently delete all the files.  But lo' and behold it stop after 10 files saying one of them is in use and then stops.  Why can't they make it so it just skips the file and continues deleting the rest?  Is there some unknown architectural design flaw that will allow them to never implement something like that?  Or is their some reason it hasn't been changed all this time?  Oh well, time to do the CTRL-Click game in my %TEMP% folder now.

posted on Tuesday, May 25, 2004 8:15 AM
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# re: Windows...Listen to Obi Wan!
posted by Brandon Paddock
on 5/25/2004 8:47 AM
This is a good point. Perhaps an "ignore" button is in order. Even better would be an option to have the file(s) deleted automatically when they become unlocked or on the next reboot. Even if this were not default behavior, it would be a nice option to have.
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# re: Windows...Listen to Obi Wan!
posted by Ryan Gregg
on 5/25/2004 11:37 AM
An ignore or ignore all button would certainly be a great addition. This has always driven me nuts!

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