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Entirely the Wrong way to empty the TIF
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"Cymbal Man Freq." <Don't Bother@ForgedPostsAnonymous.unorg> wrote in
message news:b7dme.27914$tM3.26730@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> I just got done deleting 82,000 files from the Content.IE5 folders (that
took
> about 8 hours!) and leaving the desktop.ini files in each folder and I
found a
> couple of .exe's from Windows Critical Updates in a few of those folders
and I
> didn't delete those. I found that I had to select no more than 700 files
for
> deletion at a time, then go to the Recycle Bin and REDELETE them from
there (and
> the Recycle Bin would always hang doing this unless there were far fewer
files
> in the bin, like under 200 or so...). So, while in Safe Mode, I had a
shortcut
> on my desktop to take me to the Temporary Internet Files Folder and then
I'd
> type in a backwards slash after the address and then the autocomplete menu
would
> bring up "\Content.IE5" and I'd click on that to get to the dozen or so
folders
> in that folder. I'd open a sub-folder, click on the View Menu and select
> Details, then click on the File Type tab, and delete all files before the
> desktop.ini file and then all the files after the desktop.ini file (up to
a
> maximum of 700 files per Recycle Bin load). Sometimes the last deleting
file
> would hang if I went above 700 files for deletion and that would require a
3
> finger salute and maybe a reboot. I did need to reboot after about every
7000
> files deleted from the Content.IE5 folders. Some of those folders had over
> 20,000 files in them! The Recycle Bin almost always needed a 3 finger
salute
> about 10 seconds after the file count in the bin counted down from 700 to
0.
> Then the Safe Mode bootup warning would show up and I'd click OK, then I'd
click
> the shortcut to get to the Temporary Internet Files and type in the
backwards
> slash in the address bar and select Content.IE5 from the autocomplete menu
to
> start the process of selecting the next 700 files for deletion.
>
>
> "Tony" <Tony.Yarwood@XXXfreeuk.com> wrote in message
> news
rov81hmkv80cfdvtbfc0dsfc8a3ve6il3@4ax.com...
> > Hi everybody
> >
> > Sorry to bother you all with this question, I know its been asked
> > before, I just can't find it.
> >
> > My question is; does anybody know of a way to stop 98se choking on
> > large file deletes?
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Tony
>
>
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