This tip is a potentially very useful time-saving tip for Windows (that is, Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7) users who find that they need to delete lots of files when re-arranging or tidying-up their folders/directories on disk.If you are such a user, then this tip could save you many hours over a year of computer use.
Every time a user presses the delete button for a file in Windows Explorer, the "Confirm File Delete" message box pops up asking:
“Are you sure you want to send 'Filename' to the Recycle Bin?”
If you delete more than one file - say 3 files - then the message reads:
“Are you sure you want to send these 3 items to the Recycle Bin?”
You have to press one of the buttons, or dismiss the pop-up box with the Escape key. There is no way of responding to that message box with a "Yes, and I don't want this message repeated next time I delete a file".
Whilst this is a good safeguard from accidental file deletion, if you know what you are doing, then it can quickly become very tiresome to have to keep selecting "Yes" every time you delete a file/files. Also, if you know what you are doing and you accidentally delete a file/files, then you would probably know that you can always go to the Recycle Bin, select the files and restore them. (This is good "belts and braces" design built into Windows.)
So, how do you disable the pop-up box and just allow the file to be deleted?
If you become tired of the "Confirm File Delete" message box forcing you to take an extra step every time you try to delete something, then you can disable it quickly and easily:
1. Right-click the Recycle Bin.
2. Select Properties in the context menu.
3. Uncheck the "Display delete confirmation dialog" checkbox.
4. Click "Apply".
5. Click "OK".
That's it!
