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It seems that Wipe requires elevation on Windows 7: when XYplorer is run normally, I get the error message:

Overwrite with zeros failed on this file:

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Error: Access is denied.

An elevated instance does succeed on the same file.

I'm guessing that getting sufficiently close to the HD "metal" should require elevation, but it's rather awkward to have to elevate every time to use Wipe.

Edited to add: Directory Opus's Secure Wipe command as well as xplorer2's Shred command, do not require elevation.

XYplorer 10.30.0005 / Windows 7 x64 SP1.

Can you write to those files using XY in non-elevated mode? (E.g. using SC writefile())

admin wrote:Can you write to those files using XY in non-elevated mode? (E.g. using SC writefile())

SC writefile, copy, move and delete all work non-elevated, but not wipe.

nas8e9 wrote:

admin wrote:Can you write to those files using XY in non-elevated mode? (E.g. using SC writefile())

SC writefile, copy, move and delete all work non-elevated, but not wipe.

OK, should work with next beta.

10.30.0006 gives a different error message:

Set file size to zero failed on this file:

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Error: Access is denied.

Next version should work better, thanks!

10.30.0007 now works without elevation. Thank you!