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- From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: HELP! I can't delete anything!
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.174356.29586@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 17:43:56 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul28.184852.156135@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> jmp1@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JEFFREY MICHAEL PARSONS) writes:
- >I've been running OS/2 for a while and have had no real problems. Recently
- >though, I tried to delete a bunch of files to free up space. I "shredded"
- >their icons and then deleted the files at the command line. To my amazement,
- >there was only a tiny change in my free disk space. I don't have the undelete
- >option enabled. What's going on?!? It's so bad now that the system has
- >slowed to a crawl with only about 3Mb free.
- >
- >BTW, so I make myself clear: The files do disappear, but thier space is not
- >freed up.
-
- Deleting icons in the Desktop folders does not delete the programs
- they're associated with. If you want to delete them as well, locate
- them in their respective disk directories and delete them from there
- (either use an OS/2 prompt or the WPS drive icon).
-
- The icon is simply a pointer to the program. All you did was delete
- the pointer.
-
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