NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #20/NN_1992_20.iso/spool/comp/os/mswindo/misc/2900

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From: [e-mail] (Robert L. Asher)
Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: FileManager Horror Story
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Date: 10 Sep 92 15:47:13 GMT
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    A friend of mine was using Windows 3.1 File Manager.  He had some files
which in his WINDOWS directory which he was deleting (they were extranious
files created by Borland C++ which doesn't direct files to the directory where
the original c/c++ code is located without changing the settings to correct
directory.)  All of a sudden he got memory errors and FM shut down then nothing
on the desktop would open.  So he reboots.  Windows won't restart.  OK he must
of deleted some important files you're saying.  Well, he runs both Norton
Undelete and PC tools Undelete and there is no windows directory or any files.
The Windows directory had been completely wiped.  No sign that any files had
ever been there.

The approximate actions which caused this to happen were:
1)  In file manager SEARCH for *.exe to find the file to delete
2)  In a seperate window the *.exe's came up.
3)  Minimized that window.
4)  Went into the WINDOWS directory.
5)  Selected and deleted a single file.
6)  Pandamonium, Panic and Dispair.

    Has anyone else had something similar to this happen.  I didn't know
there was a wipe for FM, and if there is there should certainly be some kind of
warning.... HEY IDIOT YOU'RE TRYING TO WIPE THE HARD DRIVE or something.

Thanks in advance.

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Robert L. Asher          |
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University of Florida    |
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