Shift+Delete thousands of files takes a very long time

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

Turn off the shadow copy feature.

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"Jonathan Livni" <> wrote in message
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> 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



"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

> Turn off the shadow copy feature.
>
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>
> "Jonathan Livni" <> wrote in message
> news:B2AFF910-4594-4389-AD0D-...
> > 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
>

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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"Jonathan Livni" <> wrote in message
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> 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
>
>
>
> "Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:
>
>> Turn off the shadow copy feature.
>>
>> --
>> Please use the Communities guidelines when posting.
>> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm
>> Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users.
>> Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
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>>
>> "Jonathan Livni" <> wrote in
>> message
>> news:B2AFF910-4594-4389-AD0D-...
>> > 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
>>

On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:52:02 -0700, Jonathan Livni
<> wrote:

>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?

DON'T... if you like System Restore.

Learn to live with the time issue.

On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:24:51 -0500, "Mark L. Ferguson"
<> wrote:

>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.

Guess what... another Microsoft "feature" that simply doesn't work
with any reliability

On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:44:09 -0500, Paul Montgomery
<> wrote:

>On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:52:02 -0700, Jonathan Livni
><> wrote:
>
>>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?
>
>DON'T... if you like System Restore.
>
>Learn to live with the time issue.

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" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 11:24:51 -0500, "Mark L. Ferguson"
> <> wrote:
>
>>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.
>
> Guess what... another Microsoft "feature" that simply doesn't work
> with any reliability

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.