Multiple bugs concerning deletion/restoration of html files

[grindax]

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[TheQwerty]

For better or worse #1 is the same behavior as Windows Explorer - I vaguely recall previous discussions on this but not the actual content of them (and finding them has proven difficult).

Microsoft refers to these items as "Connected Files": https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/librar ... #connected

[grindax]

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[admin]

Can't do anything apart from adding a native delete routine (which is on my list). However, this will not use the recycler, but terminally delete stuff.

"Connected Files" -- argh -- the dark side of smartness...

[LittleBiG]

And a native recycler :-P

[GerryB]

For better or worse #1 is the same behavior as Windows Explorer - I vaguely recall previous discussions on this but not the actual content of them (and finding them has proven difficult).

Microsoft refers to these items as "Connected Files": https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/librar ... #connected

I ran into that recently and lost an HTML file, so I downloaded it again, edited the HTML to remove all references to the connected folder, then was able to delete the folder without losing the HTML file. Sometimes it helps to save such pages as "Web page, HTML only" rather than "Web page, complete", that is if you don't need the images, scripts or stylesheet files.

[admin]

Aah, problem solved. Just saw there is a flag for this: FOF_NO_CONNECTED_ELEMENTS Thank the gods for smartness that can be turned off!

[GerryB]

Out of curiosity I just followed TheQwerty's link to that Microsoft article and tried disabling the file-folder connection using their instructions. It works! I saved a complicated web page with all its images, script, etc. and was able to delete the folder without losing the file. These are the steps to take, in case no one has followed that link yet:

Whether file connection is enabled or disabled is controlled by a REG_DWORD value, NoFileFolderConnection, of the following registry key.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer

This value normally is not defined, and file connection is enabled. If necessary, you can disable file connection by adding this value to the key and setting it to 1. To enable file connection again, set NoFileFolderConnection to zero.

[admin]

Yes, this is the system-wide way to stop the madness.

In XYplorer it is stopped natively now -- no need for system changes.