Prompt before delete suddenly stopped prompting

[SteveC]

XYplorer on Win10 Pro has stopped prompting before deleting. It used to prompt, but suddenly stopped, apparently on its own.

In the File Operations > Undo & Action Log > Prompt before delete is checked
In the File Operations > Suppress delete confirmation dialog is unchecked

BTW: These two settings seem to activate the same action. What happens if their settings conflict?

Anyway, how can I get XYplorer to prompt before deleting again?

[highend]

Welcome to the club.

BTW: These two settings seem to activate the same action

They don't. The first one is for undoing copy / new operations from the action log and the second for "simple" file deletions.

Right click the recycle bin icon on your desktop, choose "Properties" in the context menu.

Is "Display delete confirmation dialog" really checked?

[SteveC]

The Recycle Bin's "Display delete confirmation dialog" was not checked. I checked it. When I delete a file in XYplorer, I get a delete confirmation message. Who is generating that message: XYplorer or Windows/Recycle Bin? When I delete the file in the Recycle Bin, I get another delete confirmation. Thanks for the help!

But what I really want is to get a delete confirmation only when I delete in XYplorer. When I delete (again) in Recycle Bin, I don't want a confirmation, just delete it. Can I configure XYplorer/Recycle Bin to act in that manner?

[highend]

Who is generating that message: XYplorer or Windows/Recycle Bin?

It looks like it's generated by the OS, not by XY

Can I configure XYplorer/Recycle Bin to act in that manner?

Good question... Atm I can't see any combination that would work that way.

What would work:
Configuration | File Operations | Miscellaneous | Suppress delete confirmation dialog
Unchecked

A button / keyboard shortcut that invokes:

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run """<xypath>\@Tools\NirCmd\nircmd.exe"" emptybin", , , 0;

nircmd ignores the checkbox in the properties for the recycle bin so this variant would work the way you want it...

I for myself use this "solution"...

[SteveC]

Hmm... bypass the Recycle Bin and instead use NirCmd to empty the bin. I wasn't familiar with NirCmd, but it seems to be quite a Swiss Army knife of command-line operations. With the Win10 Recycle Bin requiring an extra step to empty the recycle bin (vs Win7), NirCmd seems to be a preferable choice for the operation (and maybe other operations, as well). Thanks much for the help!

[admin]

Next version adds a native Delete Confirmation to make XY independent of the Windows setting.