Recycling

[Stephen Wolstenholme]

If I try to delete a folder with hundreds of sub folders a Recycling
dialog appears and never completes.

Any ideas?

Steve

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[Dave-UK]

"Stephen Wolstenholme" <steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> If I try to delete a folder with hundreds of sub folders a Recycling
> dialog appears and never completes.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Steve
>

How about Shift+Delete ?

 

[Stephen Wolstenholme]

On Mon, 24 May 2010 15:581 +0100, "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote:

>
>"Stephen Wolstenholme" <steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:0a3lv5l5675s07v00joepth35febqqeibt@4ax.com...
>> If I try to delete a folder with hundreds of sub folders a Recycling
>> dialog appears and never completes.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Steve
>>
>
>How about Shift+Delete ?
>
>

It's just the same. The only way to get rid of the Recycling dialog is
to force a shutdown.

Steve

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[housetrained]

Try deleting it in safe mode
--
John the West Ham fan

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"Stephen Wolstenholme" <steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> If I try to delete a folder with hundreds of sub folders a Recycling
> dialog appears and never completes.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Steve
>
> --
> Neural Planner Software Ltd www.NPSL1.com
> EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. www.easynn.com
> SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. www.swingnn.com
> JustNN. Just Neural Networks. www.justnn.com

 

[Nil]

On 24 May 2010, Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote
in alt.windows7.general:

> If I try to delete a folder with hundreds of sub folders a Recycling
> dialog appears and never completes.
>
> Any ideas?

Try deleting it from the command line with the rmdir command:

RMDIR [/S] [/Q] [drivepath
RD [/S] [/Q] [drivepath

/S Removes all directories and files in the specified directory
in addition to the directory itself. Used to remove a directory
tree.

/Q Quiet mode, do not ask if ok to remove a directory tree with /S

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

On 5/24/10, Stephen Wolstenholme posted:
> On Mon, 24 May 2010 15:581 +0100, "Dave-UK" <Here@Home.com> wrote:

>>
>> "Stephen Wolstenholme" <steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:0a3lv5l5675s07v00joepth35febqqeibt@4ax.com...
>>> If I try to delete a folder with hundreds of sub folders a Recycling
>>> dialog appears and never completes.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>> How about Shift+Delete ?
>>
>>

> It's just the same. The only way to get rid of the Recycling dialog is
> to force a shutdown.

> Steve

Shift-Del doesn't use the recycle bin, so what you report seems odd, to
say the least.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

 

[Robert Sudbury]

Sounds like it may be a classic file system corruption.

Chkdsk the volume at reboot, then retry deleting.

Here's a good step-by-step on how to do it:

http://www.w7forums.com/use-chkdsk-check-disk-t448.html

"Stephen Wolstenholme" <steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> If I try to delete a folder with hundreds of sub folders a Recycling
> dialog appears and never completes.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Steve
>
> --
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[R. C. White]

Hi, Steve.

How long is "never completes"?

Deletion of "hundreds of sub folders" can take much longer than we expect.
I was doing a lot of cleanup last week and deleted several Windows Live Mail
"recovered items" message folders, each with many layers of subfolders.
Sometimes, just a Dir /s (in a Command Prompt window) took 20 minutes or
more to list thousands of empty subfolders. Deletion of those folder trees
would take about as long - or longer.

It may be slightly faster to use the RD (Remove Directory - from days when a
"folder" was a "directory") command. Just "rd c<foldername>. You may
want to use rd with the /s switch to remove the directory and all its
subdirectories: rd c<foldername> /s If the directory is not empty, you
will need to confirm that Yes you do want to remove the entire tree. (As
usual in a Command Prompt window, type a command followed by /? to see a
mini-Help file listing the switches and parameters available with that
command: rd /?

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64)

"Stephen Wolstenholme" <steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:0a3lv5l5675s07v00joepth35febqqeibt@4ax.com...
> If I try to delete a folder with hundreds of sub folders a Recycling
> dialog appears and never completes.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Steve

 

[johnbee]

"Stephen Wolstenholme" <steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:0a3lv5l5675s07v00joepth35febqqeibt@4ax.com...
> If I try to delete a folder with hundreds of sub folders a Recycling
> dialog appears and never completes.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Steve
>
> --
> Neural Planner Software Ltd www.NPSL1.com
> EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. www.easynn.com
> SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. www.swingnn.com
> JustNN. Just Neural Networks. www.justnn.com

When you delete a file by sending it to the recycling bin, the PC has a bit
of work to do. I can't be bothered to do a lot of experimentation, but, for
example, if you check it's properties you will see that it has a capacity,
which you can change. I mention this because I guess that the size makes a
heckuva lot of difference to the time taken - but I don't know enough about
it to say whether a tiny capacity will speed it up immensely or slow it down
hugely. However I do know enough to say that if there are an increasingly
large number of files in the bin, it will slow down the process
increasingly.

The easiest test I can suggest is to create a huge number of directories and
sub directories, containing lots of files, then delete them. After a while,
pull the plug out. Have a look to see how many it has deleted. Try it a
few times with various time delays, and also have a check on how long it
takes to remove them from the bin.

In other words, I reckon it is just taking a long time because its busy.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

On Tue, 25 May 2010 21:10:19 +0100, johnbee wrote:

> The easiest test I can suggest is to create a huge number of directories and
> sub directories, containing lots of files, then delete them. After a while,
> pull the plug out. Have a look to see how many it has deleted. Try it a
> few times with various time delays, and also have a check on how long it
> takes to remove them from the bin.

Sounds like a recipe for corrupting the drive

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

 

[johnbee]

"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
news:f87f58xp2ndq.180ikubmrzkmo$.dlg@40tude.net...
> On Tue, 25 May 2010 21:10:19 +0100, johnbee wrote:
>
>> The easiest test I can suggest is to create a huge number of directories
>> and
>> sub directories, containing lots of files, then delete them. After a
>> while,
>> pull the plug out. Have a look to see how many it has deleted. Try it a
>> few times with various time delays, and also have a check on how long it
>> takes to remove them from the bin.
>
> Sounds like a recipe for corrupting the drive
>
> --
> Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

I'm not sure what you mean by corrupting the drive. If errors are caused in
the file system, it will hardly be noticed unless chkdsk is run, which will
correct them and the only affected files will be ones being deleted anyway.
An operating system which can not survive losing the power isn't worth
tuppence. The chap was bothered because it seemed that the system would not
delete a lot of files at once, and I said something about the reason why it
only seemed so, and an easy way for him to convince himself of that
explanation. If I was scared of a computer I'd go and play with a teddy.

 

[Stephen Wolstenholme]

On Wed, 26 May 2010 200:11 +0100, "johnbee"
<johnbrockbank@com.invalid> wrote:

>
>"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
>news:f87f58xp2ndq.180ikubmrzkmo$.dlg@40tude.net...
>> On Tue, 25 May 2010 21:10:19 +0100, johnbee wrote:
>>
>>> The easiest test I can suggest is to create a huge number of directories
>>> and
>>> sub directories, containing lots of files, then delete them. After a
>>> while,
>>> pull the plug out. Have a look to see how many it has deleted. Try it a
>>> few times with various time delays, and also have a check on how long it
>>> takes to remove them from the bin.
>>
>> Sounds like a recipe for corrupting the drive
>>
>> --
>> Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
>
>I'm not sure what you mean by corrupting the drive. If errors are caused in
>the file system, it will hardly be noticed unless chkdsk is run, which will
>correct them and the only affected files will be ones being deleted anyway.
>An operating system which can not survive losing the power isn't worth
>tuppence. The chap was bothered because it seemed that the system would not
>delete a lot of files at once, and I said something about the reason why it
>only seemed so, and an easy way for him to convince himself of that
>explanation. If I was scared of a computer I'd go and play with a teddy.

Just to be clear. The folder, subfolders and files never get deleted
and the Recycling dialog does not close. It was left trying for two
hours and then I had to restart to get rid of the dialog. Examination
of the folder and bin after the restart shows that nothing has been
deleted. If I delete at file or subfolder level there is no problem.
The hang up is just with one folder. Other folders with just as many
subfolders and files go to the bin in seconds. I suspect there is some
property of the folder that Window 7 is having difficulty with but
everything looks normal to me.

Steve

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[Char Jackson]

On Wed, 26 May 2010 200:11 +0100, "johnbee"
<johnbrockbank@com.invalid> wrote:

>
>"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
>news:f87f58xp2ndq.180ikubmrzkmo$.dlg@40tude.net...
>> On Tue, 25 May 2010 21:10:19 +0100, johnbee wrote:
>>
>>> The easiest test I can suggest is to create a huge number of directories
>>> and
>>> sub directories, containing lots of files, then delete them. After a
>>> while,
>>> pull the plug out. Have a look to see how many it has deleted. Try it a
>>> few times with various time delays, and also have a check on how long it
>>> takes to remove them from the bin.
>>
>> Sounds like a recipe for corrupting the drive
>>
>> --
>> Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
>
>I'm not sure what you mean by corrupting the drive. If errors are caused in
>the file system, it will hardly be noticed unless chkdsk is run, which will
>correct them and the only affected files will be ones being deleted anyway.
>An operating system which can not survive losing the power isn't worth
>tuppence. The chap was bothered because it seemed that the system would not
>delete a lot of files at once, and I said something about the reason why it
>only seemed so, and an easy way for him to convince himself of that
>explanation. If I was scared of a computer I'd go and play with a teddy.

Score:
+1 for Gene
-1 for johnbee

Intentionally pulling the plug on a running OS is about the worst
advice I've seen here in quite awhile.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

On Wed, 26 May 2010 17:093 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:

> On Wed, 26 May 2010 200:11 +0100, "johnbee"
> <johnbrockbank@com.invalid> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:f87f58xp2ndq.180ikubmrzkmo$.dlg@40tude.net...
>>> On Tue, 25 May 2010 21:10:19 +0100, johnbee wrote:
>>>
>>>> The easiest test I can suggest is to create a huge number of directories
>>>> and
>>>> sub directories, containing lots of files, then delete them. After a
>>>> while,
>>>> pull the plug out. Have a look to see how many it has deleted. Try it a
>>>> few times with various time delays, and also have a check on how long it
>>>> takes to remove them from the bin.
>>>
>>> Sounds like a recipe for corrupting the drive
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
>>
>>I'm not sure what you mean by corrupting the drive. If errors are caused in
>>the file system, it will hardly be noticed unless chkdsk is run, which will
>>correct them and the only affected files will be ones being deleted anyway.
>>An operating system which can not survive losing the power isn't worth
>>tuppence. The chap was bothered because it seemed that the system would not
>>delete a lot of files at once, and I said something about the reason why it
>>only seemed so, and an easy way for him to convince himself of that
>>explanation. If I was scared of a computer I'd go and play with a teddy.
>
> Score:
> +1 for Gene
> -1 for johnbee
>
> Intentionally pulling the plug on a running OS is about the worst
> advice I've seen here in quite awhile.

Score:
+1 for Char Jackson
-1 for johnbee



Heck, it doesn't even have anything to do with the OS - it's a hardware
situation.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

 

[johnbee]

"Stephen Wolstenholme" <steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:6g5rv5pd34hskmfs2hqcbq0g1g53p5ii0s@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 26 May 2010 200:11 +0100, "johnbee"
> <johnbrockbank@com.invalid> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
>>news:f87f58xp2ndq.180ikubmrzkmo$.dlg@40tude.net...
>>> On Tue, 25 May 2010 21:10:19 +0100, johnbee wrote:
>>>
>>>> The easiest test I can suggest is to create a huge number of
>>>> directories
>>>> and
>>>> sub directories, containing lots of files, then delete them. After a
>>>> while,
>>>> pull the plug out. Have a look to see how many it has deleted. Try it
>>>> a
>>>> few times with various time delays, and also have a check on how long
>>>> it
>>>> takes to remove them from the bin.
>>>
>>> Sounds like a recipe for corrupting the drive
>>>
>>> --
>>> Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
>>
>>I'm not sure what you mean by corrupting the drive. If errors are caused
>>in
>>the file system, it will hardly be noticed unless chkdsk is run, which
>>will
>>correct them and the only affected files will be ones being deleted
>>anyway.
>>An operating system which can not survive losing the power isn't worth
>>tuppence. The chap was bothered because it seemed that the system would
>>not
>>delete a lot of files at once, and I said something about the reason why
>>it
>>only seemed so, and an easy way for him to convince himself of that
>>explanation. If I was scared of a computer I'd go and play with a teddy.
>
> Just to be clear. The folder, subfolders and files never get deleted
> and the Recycling dialog does not close. It was left trying for two
> hours and then I had to restart to get rid of the dialog. Examination
> of the folder and bin after the restart shows that nothing has been
> deleted. If I delete at file or subfolder level there is no problem.
> The hang up is just with one folder. Other folders with just as many
> subfolders and files go to the bin in seconds. I suspect there is some
> property of the folder that Window 7 is having difficulty with but
> everything looks normal to me.
>
> Steve
>
> --
> Neural Planner Software Ltd www.NPSL1.com
> EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. www.easynn.com
> SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. www.swingnn.com
> JustNN. Just Neural Networks. www.justnn.com

They have made me feel guilty for the suggesting the unplug test so I am
replying even though I have not got much of an answer but can make some
comments.
I don't see how having a virus would affect deleting a single folder, but I
have heard of recycle bin viruses. There is supposed to be a known clash
between the bin and some virus protection software but again, I don't see
how that would affect a particular folder. Obviously there could be a
security setting on a file or folder but that should merely generate a
message saying you need permission. I have also heard of problems deleting
corrupted files which lead to a PC hanging. I suppose you could try
altering the properties of the bin so files get deleted rather than binned.
So it could be quite a few things, and might be obscure enough so that you
need a bit of luck to come across someone with the same symptom. I suppose
f you are keen to find out, you could even ask Microsoft as they would of
course get the widest number of queries.

 

[Bogey Man]

"johnbee" <johnbrockbank@com.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> "Stephen Wolstenholme" <steve@tropheus.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:6g5rv5pd34hskmfs2hqcbq0g1g53p5ii0s@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 26 May 2010 200:11 +0100, "johnbee"
>> <johnbrockbank@com.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Gene E. Bloch" <not-me@other.invalid> wrote in message
>>>news:f87f58xp2ndq.180ikubmrzkmo$.dlg@40tude.net...
>>>> On Tue, 25 May 2010 21:10:19 +0100, johnbee wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The easiest test I can suggest is to create a huge number of
>>>>> directories
>>>>> and
>>>>> sub directories, containing lots of files, then delete them. After a
>>>>> while,
>>>>> pull the plug out. Have a look to see how many it has deleted. Try
>>>>> it a
>>>>> few times with various time delays, and also have a check on how long
>>>>> it
>>>>> takes to remove them from the bin.
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like a recipe for corrupting the drive
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)
>>>
>>>I'm not sure what you mean by corrupting the drive. If errors are caused
>>>in
>>>the file system, it will hardly be noticed unless chkdsk is run, which
>>>will
>>>correct them and the only affected files will be ones being deleted
>>>anyway.
>>>An operating system which can not survive losing the power isn't worth
>>>tuppence. The chap was bothered because it seemed that the system would
>>>not
>>>delete a lot of files at once, and I said something about the reason why
>>>it
>>>only seemed so, and an easy way for him to convince himself of that
>>>explanation. If I was scared of a computer I'd go and play with a teddy.
>>
>> Just to be clear. The folder, subfolders and files never get deleted
>> and the Recycling dialog does not close. It was left trying for two
>> hours and then I had to restart to get rid of the dialog. Examination
>> of the folder and bin after the restart shows that nothing has been
>> deleted. If I delete at file or subfolder level there is no problem.
>> The hang up is just with one folder. Other folders with just as many
>> subfolders and files go to the bin in seconds. I suspect there is some
>> property of the folder that Window 7 is having difficulty with but
>> everything looks normal to me.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> --
>> Neural Planner Software Ltd www.NPSL1.com
>> EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. www.easynn.com
>> SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. www.swingnn.com
>> JustNN. Just Neural Networks. www.justnn.com
>
> They have made me feel guilty for the suggesting the unplug test so I am
> replying even though I have not got much of an answer but can make some
> comments.
> I don't see how having a virus would affect deleting a single folder, but
> I have heard of recycle bin viruses. There is supposed to be a known
> clash between the bin and some virus protection software but again, I
> don't see how that would affect a particular folder. Obviously there
> could be a security setting on a file or folder but that should merely
> generate a message saying you need permission. I have also heard of
> problems deleting corrupted files which lead to a PC hanging. I suppose
> you could try altering the properties of the bin so files get deleted
> rather than binned.
> So it could be quite a few things, and might be obscure enough so that you
> need a bit of luck to come across someone with the same symptom. I
> suppose f you are keen to find out, you could even ask Microsoft as they
> would of course get the widest number of queries.

I have found that when deleting a large number of files from a LIBRARY sub
folder (several thousand pictures) it can appear that the files are not
deleted. However, if I go to the actual folder under my account, the deleted
files are no longer there and have been put in the recycle bin. I have
changed my habit of deleting files from the LIBRARY hierarchy directly and
now delete the files from the folder directly under my account and all works
just fine.