Make 'Nuke' erase - not only delete

Shodan816 · Post by **Shodan816** » 30 Apr 2008 16:36

It would be GREAT if 'Nuke' would overwrite files insted of merely bypassing the recycle bin. To me, the term 'Nuke' (as opposed to 'dumpster') is more synonymous with file wiping beyond recovery. It would be fantastic if indeed XYplorer had a 'Wipe' feature.

Post by **TheQwerty** » 30 Apr 2008 16:48

In another thread Don said this was already his plan:

admin wrote:I just saw that Nuke actually calls Delete (Skip Locked) (with no dialogs and no recycle bin). And with the current implementation you do get a message when no file is selected, or when all selected files are locked and nothing is deleted.

Also, in future Nuke will be changed to erase files beyond restore.

Post by **j_c_hallgren** » 30 Apr 2008 16:51

The Qwerty beat me to that reply by a couple of minutes! I was just locating it and getting it ready to post....good job! Thanks!

Shodan816 · Post by **Shodan816** » 30 Apr 2008 17:38

F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C ! ! Thanks ! ! ! !

Post by **admin** » 30 Apr 2008 21:22

Shodan816 wrote:F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C ! ! Thanks ! ! ! !

Of course, the combination of "no confirmation " + "no way to restore" would unnecessarily deadly. So it will be:

Delete: confirmation (not if disabled in config) + recycle (not if Shift is down)
Mexican Delete (so or

): no confirmation + no recycle (but can be restored with special software) (= what now is called Nuke)
Nuke: confirmation + no way to restore