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- From: des@frogland.inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd)
- Subject: Re: Idea for a unique delete?(for lack of a better description)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.104201.21850@wraxall.inmos.co.uk>
- Organization: INMOS architecture group
- References: <1992Jul28.021155.2322@midway.uchicago.edu> <NMOUAWAD.92Aug8142734@math.waterloo.edu> <pathak-100892114445@129.83.61.53> <1992Aug11.162951.8984@njitgw.njit.edu> <1992Aug12.024411.3787@afit.af.mil>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 10:42:01 BST
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- In article <1992Aug12.024411.3787@afit.af.mil>, fkilpatr@afit.af.mil (Freeman A. Kilpatrick) writes:
- >Why not just make a 'trash' directory, shadow it to the desktop, then decorate it
- >with the icon of your choice (trash-can, oscar, shredder, whatever). Then all you
- >have to is periodically delete everything in that directory. I admit that is a
- >little more difficult then having an 'empty trash' menu option (ala Mac), but it is
- >pretty close.
-
- 1) write a script CLRTRASH.CMD
-
- DEL C:\TRASH\*.* /<??>
-
- with whatever the option is to delete with out confirm
-
- 2) then make a program object point to this (??? you may be
- able to put the above command directly into the program/parameters
- slots ... not entirely sure as since DEL (i assume) is a builtin
- whether WPS allows this) ... call it "empty trash"
-
- 3) in settings menu of trash dir icon add
- "empty trash" program object to the main menu (or perhaps
- open sub-menu)
-
- 4) you now have "empty trash" as a menu item
-
- this *should* work ... but i've experienced some problems at
- times making such associations etc stick ... i.e. you edit the
- settings and all is ok that session but the next time
- you start (after a proper shutdown) the new info has disappeared :-(
-
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