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Indeed, that was not totally intended, but okay, IMO too it feels natural.

admin wrote:Note that "Custom Delete" is on my list. This will be a much faster delete: no recycle bin, no updating jump lists, just a raw kill.

Really looking forward to this since I just encountered the whole slow deleting problem on Windows 10 – also tested with WE and get the exact same behaviour (unsurprising). Looks like Windows is simply stupid at deleting…

Using Shift+Del from XY 17.40.0105: The folder consisted of two copies of League of Legends. Why? I was testing the Zpaq archiver, comparing it to 7zip (it's very favourable).

I then tried plain old Delete, via Recycle Bin: Anyway, I cancelled that after a few minutes and ended up deleting the remaining 60k files via the command line: That completed in 20 seconds.

Until “Fast Delete” turns up, I'm thinking that a script to achieve this kind of delete would be the simple solution? We could even trigger it using the Shift+Del combo since that's effectively what it's replacing anyway right?

Thoughts?

"Custom Delete" will not use a DOS command but will be equally fast (if not I will make it use the DOS command).

Yes, it's still on my list, of course, but the next big thing are larger toolbar icons (48x48) for 4K screens. This is a lot of work and will keep my busy through the rest of this year. After that I will add Folder Sync.

And, yes: you could wrap that in a script and call it by Shift+Del.