Delete target of shortcut

[xynoob]

I want to be able to select a bunch of shortcut files (.lnk) and delete both the shortcut and the target file. So I tried the following:

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foreach($filename, "<get SelectedItemsPathNames |>") {
  $target = property("#ShortcutTarget", $filename);
  delete $target;
  delete $filename
}

The variable values all seem OK i.e. when it gets to "delete $target", it shows the actual target filename. But when I get confirmation for delete, it is for the shortcut only, not the target. What am I doing wrong... this seems it should be straightforward.

TIA

[bdeshi]

Hold on. The delete command in XYplorer has three parameters in a strict order.

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delete [recycle=1], [confirm], [itemlist]

You've actually completely skipped the first two params, therefore the command has no valid itemlist, and defaults to deleting the currently focused/selected file(s).

Use this script instead.

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 foreach($filename, "<get SelectedItemsPathNames |>") {
  $target = property("#ShortcutTarget", $filename);
  delete 1, 1, $target; //all parameters must exist...
  delete  ,  , $filename; //...but they can be left empty
 }

Or this one if you want less prompts.

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 step;
 foreach($filename, "<get SelectedItemsPathNames |>") {
  $target = property("#ShortcutTarget", $filename);
  if confirm("Delete these items?|$target|$filename",'|') {
   delete 1, 0, $target;
   delete 1, 0, $filename;
  }
 }

And: Welcome to the club!

[xynoob]

Doh! Thanks - works great after adding the mandatory parameters!