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Ralph Bailey

My Documents

Legg inn av Ralph Bailey » 13 jan 2005 20:40:02

For reasons unknown to me I have several hundred or more Copies of... and
Shortcut to Copies of.... various documents in my My Documents folder.

Is there any way to delete these superfluous files without deleting them
individually? One possibility would be to delete all the documents and
restore the ones I want to keep from the Recycle Bin.

Can anyone help?

Ralph Bailey

Bruce Uttley

Re: My Documents

Legg inn av Bruce Uttley » 13 jan 2005 21:21:01

You could:
- "left click" the first file you want to delete and then
"shift left click" the last file. All the files between
will be selected. Then hit delete.

or you could:
- enter "ctrl-A" to select _all_ the files in the folder
and then "ctrl left click" the files that you want to
keep. Then hit delete.

In article <000501c4f9a7$42d0eea0$2302a8c0@S0029855668>,
Ralph Bailey <ralph-dianne@charter.net> wrote:
For reasons unknown to me I have several hundred or more Copies of... and
Shortcut to Copies of.... various documents in my My Documents folder.

Is there any way to delete these superfluous files without deleting them
individually? One possibility would be to delete all the documents and
restore the ones I want to keep from the Recycle Bin.

Can anyone help?

Ralph Bailey

Charani

Re: My Documents

Legg inn av Charani » 13 jan 2005 21:45:37

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:08:52 +0000 (UTC), Bruce Uttley wrote:

You could:
- "left click" the first file you want to delete and then
"shift left click" the last file. All the files between
will be selected. Then hit delete.

or you could:
- enter "ctrl-A" to select _all_ the files in the folder
and then "ctrl left click" the files that you want to
keep. Then hit delete.

Alternatively, if the files/folders are next to each other, putt he

cursor very slightly to one side of the first one, then drag the
cursor over all the others so they are highlighted, then hit delete or
the delete button.

James A. Doemer

Re: My Documents

Legg inn av James A. Doemer » 13 jan 2005 22:33:14

Bruce Uttley <beu@ist.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
You could:
- "left click" the first file you want to delete and then
"shift left click" the last file. All the files between
will be selected. Then hit delete.

or you could:
- enter "ctrl-A" to select _all_ the files in the folder
and then "ctrl left click" the files that you want to
keep. Then hit delete.


You could drop to DOS, assuming you're using a PC, then type: del shortcu*.*

LOL!

Phantom

Re: My Documents

Legg inn av Phantom » 13 jan 2005 23:09:40

You could bring up the My Document files and go to Edit>Select All>Delete.
That will wipe out the whole caboodle.
""Ralph Bailey"" <ralph-dianne@charter.net> wrote in message
news:000501c4f9a7$42d0eea0$2302a8c0@S0029855668...
For reasons unknown to me I have several hundred or more Copies of... and
Shortcut to Copies of.... various documents in my My Documents folder.

Is there any way to delete these superfluous files without deleting them
individually? One possibility would be to delete all the documents and
restore the ones I want to keep from the Recycle Bin.

Can anyone help?

Ralph Bailey

mickg

Re: My Documents

Legg inn av mickg » 14 jan 2005 02:39:10

Ralph Bailey wrote:
For reasons unknown to me I have several hundred or more Copies of...
and Shortcut to Copies of.... various documents in my My Documents folder.

Is there any way to delete these superfluous files without deleting them
individually? One possibility would be to delete all the documents and
restore the ones I want to keep from the Recycle Bin.

Can anyone help?

Ralph Bailey
Click View > Details then sort by name

This will group copies of and shortcut to together for selecting and
deleting.

MickG

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