Hi Folks, Clarence, L.D., Glenn,
I wrote:
> When viewing a directory list ([drive]:\directory\*.* ), the "Right Click
> on a file then press DELETE" doesn't work any more. The file name
> disappears, but re-loading the screen shows it is still there.
> Anybody else confirm ?
Clarence wrote:
> Yes Ron, I've noticed this BUG for quite some time.
> It appears that I can delete files in any directory except subdirectories
> of "current Arachne main". i.e. I can quick delete files in subdirs of other
> Arachne versions.
Hey, that's right. I was trying to delete an unwanted file from my
Arachne download directory. And "right mouse click + DELETE" works as
usual when in another directory entirely.
This must be Arachne's way of protecting her chicks. Kill anything
but "family". Probably a wise safety "feature", not a bug, after all.
>This is a problem with A1.62 and 1.66 also.
No, not with A 1.66. That works fine - I use this function ALL the
time. That is why I came acros it with 1.70. When researching on the net
my fingers are in auto-pilot, but I was using 1.70 for the first time in a
working situation and I couldn't delete a downloaded file that I had
already saved into another directory.
> Glenn has determined that the deletion problem only exists for "shiftENTER"
> marked files. Mouse droppings work.
Nope, this WAS a mouse-marked file.
L.D. Best wrote:
> Well, I hit F-10 and selected all files, and down at the bottom of the
> list was a _4prt.bmp file I no longer needed. I right clicked to
> highlight, hit DEL and it disappeared, hit R to reload an updated page
> and _4prt.bmp was still gone.
Was this in an Arachne sub-directory, as mentioned by Clarence ?
> sorry .. [trying not to giggle] ... I can't duplicate the problem. <G>
Well I giggled. :) <chalks up a point for L.D.>
Glenn wrote:
> To update this behavior....
> Both "rightclick/delete" and "shft+enter/delete" are working fine for me now.
> In *all* directories.
> I just used both methods to delete files in l:\arachne\cache and l:\arachne\doc
> (yes, they really *did* get deleted) <g>
Of course. :)
OK, Glenn, what did you do to fix it ?
Regards,
Ron
Ron Clarke http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/music.html
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