Could you consider adding a confirmation to delete files when pressing the Delete button?
Thanks for you consideration!
Add confirmation for delete
Re: Add confirmation for delete
Everything uses the Windows functions to delete files.
You can configure Windows to ask for confirmation when deleting files:
- Right-click the Recycle bin icon
- Select Properties
- Check Display delete confirmation dialog
- Press OK
From now on, confirmation will be asked before deleting files/folders to the recycle bin.
Note that on filesystems without recycle bin (like Fat32) a delete confirmation dialog will be shown anyway as this will be a permanent deletion without option to restore it from the recycle bin. Same goes for 'SHIFT+ delete'
You can configure Windows to ask for confirmation when deleting files:
- Right-click the Recycle bin icon
- Select Properties
- Check Display delete confirmation dialog
- Press OK
From now on, confirmation will be asked before deleting files/folders to the recycle bin.
Note that on filesystems without recycle bin (like Fat32) a delete confirmation dialog will be shown anyway as this will be a permanent deletion without option to restore it from the recycle bin. Same goes for 'SHIFT+ delete'
Re: Add confirmation for delete
I wish there was an option to override this setting.
To undelete a deleted file:
To undelete a deleted file:
- In Everything 1.5, from the Edit menu, click Undo.
- In Everything 1.5, from the Edit menu, click Undo History.
- Select an older action or select multiple actions and click Undo.
Re: Add confirmation for delete
For files from Windows shares, a confirmation dialog still appears during deletion even if "Display delete confirmation dialog" is unchecked. I would prefer not to see this dialog. Could you consider adding a setting in future releases to disable the confirmation dialog?void wrote: Fri Nov 17, 2023 12:46 am I wish there was an option to override this setting.
To undelete a deleted file:To view all deletions:
- In Everything 1.5, from the Edit menu, click Undo.
- In Everything 1.5, from the Edit menu, click Undo History.
- Select an older action or select multiple actions and click Undo.
Re: Add confirmation for delete
To prevent the confirmation dialog:
Allow All Search Commands
/delete /silent
- Exit Everything (File -> Exit)
- From the Start menu, search for:
notepad - Right click Notepad and click Run as administrator.
- In Notepad, open the Everything.ini (Everything-1.5a.ini for the alpha version) in the same location as your Everything.exe
- Change the following line:
search_command_allow_all=0
to:
search_command_allow_all=1 - Save changes and restart Everything.
- From the Bookmarks menu, click Add to Bookmarks....
- Change the Name to:
Silent Delete - Change the Search to:
/delete /silent - Change the Keyboard Shortcut to:
Del - Click OK.
- Press Del to delete selected files without a prompt.
Allow All Search Commands
/delete /silent