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Re: Bypass Recycle Bin

From knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject Re: Bypass Recycle Bin
Date 2025-04-26 08:52 -0400
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 4/26/2025 7:10 AM, Ed Cryer wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>> On Fri, 4/25/2025 3:16 PM, Ed Cryer wrote:
>>> Paul wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 4/25/2025 1:39 PM, Ed Cryer wrote:
>>>>> Paul wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 4/25/2025 1:00 PM, Ed Cryer wrote:
>>>>>>> I regularly empty folders of waste; Temp folders usually. They 
>>>>>>> can be holding hundreds of files, so I bypass the Recycle Bin in 
>>>>>>> its Properties; then switch back afterwards.
>>>>>>> Until today, that is. I've found a quicker and less troublesome way.
>>>>>>> Select files to delete, press the “Shift” and “Delete” keys 
>>>>>>> together.
>>>>>>> Cool.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ed
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, the Shift key also works for the "delete" choice in the menu.
>>>>>> You move your mouse away from the general area, press Shift,
>>>>>> then open the menu and select Delete. And that should avoid all the
>>>>>> "shifting and calculating", saving about half the time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was deleting on the other machine, and we hit a new low today,
>>>>>> only able to delete 300 files a second. When you have 200,000 files
>>>>>> to delete, that is a pretty miserable level of performance. I'd
>>>>>> be better off booting Linux and deleting the files there.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The delete command in Command Prompt, is likely to do better
>>>>>> than that, because no animation is required for that method.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       Paul
>>>>>
>>>>> What the dickens were you doing having 200,000 files to delete?
>>>>> Not even Edge comes close to that number on my system
>>>>> (:-
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ed
>>>>
>>>> Win10  C:\Windows\servicing\LCU
>>>>
>>>> That can have 200,000 files in it, and it's a waste
>>>> of SearchIndexer munching time, to leave that there.
>>>>
>>>> That can be deleted (contents of LCU Last Cumulative Update).
>>>> It's up to you to decide whether that's a good tradeoff or not
>>>> (in case the system needs to roll back the Patch Tuesday Cumulative).
>>>>
>>>> It's a waste of time defragmenting that. It's a waste of
>>>> time for Agent Ransack to search through there. It's a waste
>>>> of time letting the SearchIndexer process it. Etc.
>>>>
>>>> Win11 doesn't have an LCU.
>>>>
>>>>      Paul
>>>
>>> Jeez, yes. That's new to me, but mine contains 2 1/4GB* of stuff.
>>> Can I safely delete it?
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
>>> * I'm favouring pre-decimal terminology. This is in support of paper 
>>> money which is disappearing in the UK so rapidly in favour of plastic 
>>> cards that it'll probably be obsolete in a few years.
>>>
>>
>> I don't know what the "re-use" method is, so I can't say
>> whether it has ever been used/needed by Microsoft. Microsoft did
>> do a rollback recently, as a cure for some crashing systems (kernel
>> level issue).
>>
>>     "In the worst-case scenario, you may be unable to uninstall
>>      the latest quality update. But I don't think deleting an LCU 
>> subfolder
>>      is as risky as deleting a folder under WinSxS or Servicing\Packages.
>>      _________________________
>>      Ramesh, Windows Shell MVP
>>     "
>>
>> https://superuser.com/questions/1810433/c-windows-servicing-lcu- 
>> slowing-down-servers-and-workstations-mitigate-automat
>>
>> I would do a Repair Install, the first time it causes an issue. And there
>> is always RevertPending if something blows up before the Patch Tuesday 
>> finished.
>>
>> At one time, it was claimed you could delete the contents of WinSxS
>> (and at least, have the OS still able to boot, but not be "maintain- 
>> able"),
>> but when I tested that here, it would not boot after that. Whereas, at 
>> least
>> so far, the LCU cleaning (removing the Packages underneath that folder),
>> has worked OK for me. That doesn't mean it's a good thing to do, but
>> if they think so highly of their handicraft, why don't they put that
>> crap in a container, so it's in one file per package ? There's no
>> good reason to put bushels of files on my fucking C: :-/ My C:
>> drive is not a toilet.
>>
>>     Paul
> 
> My SSDs on all machines never get close to even half full, so I don't 
> know why I spend time clearing the Temp folders; perhaps it's just a 
> left-over impulse from earlier computing days. I'm a tidiness freak.
> It's also dangerous to go cleaning without full understanding of what 
> you're doing. I'm going to slap my wrists and tell myself to leave well 
> enough alone.
> 
> Curiosity drives me to look in all the corners; and what I find is quite 
> startling. Left-overs of all kinds; full installation packages in some 
> cases.
> Sloppiness? Or have things changed so radically since I was a programmer?
> 
> Ed
I just got this computer and the first experience with Windows 11.  With 
this discussion I went looking for the Disk Clean function, and could 
not find it in Windows 11.   I don't yet know how to access it directly 
but it can be found and run but search "Disk Clean" from the Start Menu.

I also discovered there is something call Storage Sense. As I understand 
it it is supposes to do the same functions as Disk Clean automatically 
on a user control schedule.

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Bypass Recycle Bin Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-04-25 18:00 +0100
  Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-25 13:28 -0400
    Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-04-25 18:39 +0100
      Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-25 14:46 -0400
        Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-04-25 20:16 +0100
          Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-25 16:11 -0400
            Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-04-26 12:10 +0100
              Re: Bypass Recycle Bin knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-26 08:52 -0400
                Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-04-26 19:05 +0100
                Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-04-26 19:38 +0000
        Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-04-25 13:13 -0700
          Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-25 16:31 -0400
            Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-04-26 15:02 -0700
          Re: Bypass Recycle Bin micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-25 19:23 -0400
        Re: Bypass Recycle Bin knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-25 19:24 -0400
          Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-25 23:50 -0400
            Re: Bypass Recycle Bin knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-26 08:55 -0400
              Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-04-26 14:43 +0000
                Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-04-26 19:19 +0100
                Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-04-26 19:30 +0000
                Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-04-26 15:07 -0700
                Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-26 19:30 -0400
                Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-04-27 15:43 +0000
              Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-26 17:12 -0400
                Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-26 19:12 -0400
  Re: Bypass Recycle Bin john@jeasonNoSpam.cix.co.uk (John K.Eason) - 2025-04-25 19:06 +0100
    Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-04-25 18:20 +0000
      Re: Bypass Recycle Bin micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-25 19:24 -0400
      Re: Bypass Recycle Bin john@jeasonNoSpam.cix.co.uk (John K.Eason) - 2025-04-26 11:59 +0100
  Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-04-25 12:51 -0700
    Re: Bypass Recycle Bin "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-04-25 17:58 -0400
  Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@air.isp.spam> - 2025-04-25 16:13 -0400
    Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> - 2025-04-25 13:19 -0700
      Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Zaidy036 <Zaidy036@air.isp.spam> - 2025-04-25 18:28 -0400
      Re: Bypass Recycle Bin knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-25 19:27 -0400
      Re: Bypass Recycle Bin micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-25 19:28 -0400
  Re: Bypass Recycle Bin T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-04-25 14:08 -0700
  Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-04-25 20:29 -0500
    Re: Bypass Recycle Bin "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-04-26 10:10 +0100
    Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-04-26 16:36 -0400
      Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2025-04-26 22:01 +0100
        Re: Bypass Recycle Bin Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-04-26 16:38 -0500
  Re: Bypass Recycle Bin VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-04-25 22:26 -0500

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