Thanks, at least you got me on the right track. For everyone's benefit, below is the method outlined. As such, I hope we have contributed to make the daily computing somehow easier for other users. Sure saves some time, when you have to delete several files in a given folder.
1. Open the folder in Windows Explorer. 2. Arrow to the first file you want to mark. 3. Press Ctrl-Space, which will deselect all files in the folder. 4. Press Ctrl-Space again, which will select the currently focused file. 5. Importantly, Keep holding down the Ctrl-key, and use your Up- and Down-keys, to scroll to the next file you want to mark. 6. Reaching the next file of interest, again press Ctrl-Space, to have it marked out. 7. Keep repeating steps 5 and 6, till you have selected all files of your interest. 8. Once you are done selecting, you can let go of the Ctrl-key. 9. Now that you have the files sselected, you can either press the Del-key to have them removed from your computer; or, you can use the Ctrl-C to copy, or rather the Ctrl-X to move the files to another location on your system. Hope this helps everyone. Thanks again for the assistance. David On 9/28/2019 3:39 PM, Lloyd Rasmussen via Talk wrote: > I think you hold down the ctrl key and then press Space at each file > that you want to select. I haven't done this, so proceed with caution. > > > > Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD > http://lras.home.sprynet.com > -----Original Message----- From: David via Talk > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2019 9:29 AM > To: WE English Mailinglist > Cc: David > Subject: Help needed: Deleting multiple files > > Running Win7. > > > Listers, > > I have tried figuring this out, but seem to be blank-minded today. > Anyone has some experience, please let me know. > > > I have a folder, holding numerous files. I open it in Windows Explorer, > and arrow my way down through the list of files. > > > It occurs, that I need to delete several of the files. Fine, if they had > been right next to each other, I would have used the Shift-Arrow > combinations - selecting the files to be deleted, and then press Del-key. > > > Thing is, the files are spread out all over the list. I need to delete > say file number 1, 4 and 6. So exactly > > how > > do I go about that one. I searched the net, and it said to use the > CTRL-key, along with the mouse. If I hold the CTRL along with the Slash > or Star on the numeric keypad, simulating the Left or Right clicks on > the mouse, I only hear > > "Slash" > > and > > "Star" > > spoken, and nothing else happens. > > > It further claimed you alternatively should use CTRL-Space, and it would > select the file currently focused. Thing is, I tried that one too, and > it still does not work. So what is the clue? > > > How does one select multiple files, in Windows Explorer, with the use of > WinEyes. > > > To make it more complicated for you, I did try yet another approach. I > used the Insert-Del combination on the numeric keypad. It gave me the > chance to > > MARK > > but when I did choose to let it do so, on each of the files in question, > and then pressed Del to delete - Only the currently focused file will be > deleted. In other words, none of the other files I thought I had marked, > did actually receive any marking. > > > Hope all of this makes any sense. By The Way, is this kind of operation > more accessible in either of the other Screen Readers, NVDA or Jaws. If > so, what's the procedure, please? > > > Thanks all, > > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
