If you are using the built-in Firefox download manager to download files from the Internet and have configured the browser to remember the browsing history, you may have noticed the absence of a delete button in the download window. While it is possible to remove individual files from the listing by selecting them first and [...]

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When you delete files or folders in Windows they are either moved to the trashcan of the system or deleted directly. Regardless of the selected action, files remains recoverable on the system for some time. To explain it in simple terms: When you delete a file, the reference is removed by the operating system but [...]

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Maybe you have experienced the following situation in Windows in the past; You try to delete a file in Windows Explorer but get a message that it cannot be deleted. Common messages include “Cannot delete file: Access is denied”, “The file is in use by another program or user” and ” Cannot delete file: It [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

Files are still recoverable after they have been deleted in the Windows operating system. They are moved first to the Windows Recycle Bin where they are recoverable for as long as they are stored inside. Most users do not know that files are even recoverable after the Recycle Bin has been deleted or files have [...]

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It is sometimes necessary to delete a file permanently from a computer system. It may be after you have read a business document on a public computer, watched or viewed media on a work computer or to protect family members from accessing files on a home computer. There are a lot of programs out there [...]

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Files or folders can sometimes not be deleted because of file name restrictions in Windows. See, Windows supports file names of up to 255 characters, which includes the directory path. If a directory or file surpasses that limit it cannot be deleted. Many users at this moment assume a corrupt file on the hard drive [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Deletist is a lightweight portable software for Windows that can be used to delete folders and files in bulk. The program supports two operation modes. The user can add folders and files by pasting their paths into the program interface, or by loading a text file that contains the full path of the directories or [...]

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One of the many misconceptions about file deletion is the fact that files can be recovered even if they are deleted on the computer system by the user. Deleting files normally moves them to the recycle bin from where they can be recovered easily. But even deleting them in there or pressing the Shift key [...]

Categories: Security, Software, Windows

File deletion can be automated to a certain extend. Take the cache of an Internet browser for example. It can be set to be automatically deleted whenever the browser closes. Or the temporary files of a computer system. They too can be deleted during system shutdown. Auto Delete (via Shell City) by Dario Volaric is [...]

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