Delete confirmation gone

[ysu]

Gents, problem here.
I've migrated to win10 - finally - and reinstalled my Total Commander.

Now the delete confirmation window is gone, if/when I hit 'del' the file or directory is gone straight away (I get a confirmation window on non-empty directories only).

This is not what I want, but I can't fix it, please help.

I've tried both explorer and non-explorer delete methods, and I've got all the delete confirmation boxes switched "on" under the "misc" folder.

What did I miss?

[gdpr deleted 6]

Do you delete into the recycle bin? Or do you do a real deletion of the file (i.e., not moving into the recycle bin)?
In other words: Are you talking about the Windows dialog asking for deletion into the recycle bin, or are you talking about the TC dialog asking for a direct deletion?


If you talk about deletion into the recycle bin and therefore the Windows dialog, the appearance of this dialog is not controlled by Total Commander. (I am almost sure that there is some Windows/registry setting for configuring the appearance of this dialog. But i don't know the details, and anyway, there is nothing stopping you from googling it if you need them juicy details...).


If you talk about direct deletion and hence the TC dialog, try starting TC with a fresh INI file with default settings like and see if the behavior changes:

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<PathToTotalCommanderExe> /i=%TEMP%\test_tc.ini

(This will instruct TC to create and use a new INI file with default settings in the %TEMP% directory. Don't worry, your normal wincmd.ini file won't be touched. If you start TC normally again without the /i switch, your normal wincmd.ini will be used again...)

[petermad]

2ysu
Check that you have this parameter in the [Configuration] section of your wincmd.ini file:

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VistaDelete=-1

This should ensure that you get a confirmation dialog, even if you delete to recycle bin and confirmation is turned off for Windows.

You can check Windows' confirmation setting this way.

In TC use the Menu: "Commands" -> "Open Desktop folder"
Right click on [Recycle Bin].
Choose "Properties"
There should be a checkbox "Display delete confirmation dialog".

If you have a Recycle Bin icon on your Desktop, you can also just right click on that.

[ghisler(Author)]

You can also right click on the "F8 Delete" button and enable delete confirmation to recycle bin in the "Properties".

[ysu]

Thanks guys, yes it was indeed the simple delete (to bin) not the shift-del (perma del).

Got it sorted via windows config.