Deleting Files
This page contains options that affect how Opus deletes files. Some of
the options here can be overridden at the command level by arguments supplied to
the Delete command.
- Ask for confirmation before commencing delete: This
causes an initial confirmation prompt to be shown at the very beginning of a
delete operation. It will give you a summary of the number of files and
folders selected for delete. This can be disabled by turning this option off
or with the QUIET argument for the Delete
command.
- Skip confirmation when deleting to Recycle Bin: Because
the Recycle Bin itself normally displays a confirmation dialog, you can
choose to disable the above confirmation when using the Recycle Bin. If you
have configured the Recycle Bin to not display a prompt, you may wish to
leave this option off to allow the Opus confirmation to be shown.
- Automatically select next file after deleting: If this
option is turned on, the file in the list following the deleted files will be
automatically selected. This is useful in conjunction with the Viewer Pane when you want to
inspect and optionally delete multiple images, for example.
- Delete to Recycle Bin where possible: With this option
on, Opus will delete to the system Recycle Bin whenever it's able to. If the
recycle bin is disabled (globally, or for a particular drive), or when
deleting from locations like network folders that don't support the Recycle
Bin, files will be deleted directly (and therefore no undo would be available
in those cases). This option can be overridden with the
RECYCLE and NORECYCLE arguments,
and the SHIFT argument can also affect whether the
Recycle Bin is used or not.
When Opus deletes a file directly, as opposed to moving it to the
Recycle Bin, the following options affect the behavior:
- Ask for confirmation for each selected file before
deleting: With this option on, you will be prompted for each selected
file, with the option to delete or skip it. You will only be prompted for
files selected at the top level; you will not prompted for any files within
any selected folders. This option can be overridden by the Delete command's
QUIET argument.
- Ask for confirmation for each selected folder before
deleting: With this option on, you will be prompted for each selected
folder, with the option to delete or skip it. You will only be prompted for
folders selected at the top level; you will not be prompted for any files or
folders below those folders. This option can be overridden by the Delete
command's QUIET argument.
- Delete read-only files automatically: With this option
on, read-only files will be treated like any other - their R
attribute will be cleared automatically so they can be deleted without showing
an error. This option can be overridden with the FORCE
argument to the Delete command.
- Use Secure Wipe: If this option is enabled, Opus will
perform a secure wipe of each file before deleting it. This theoretically
makes it impossible (or at least much harder) to recover the file contents.
You can select the number of overwrite passes to perform. This will slow down
deleting greatly - you will probably not want to turn it on here, but instead
use the Secure Delete command (the SECURE
argument for the Delete command) when appropriate.
The bottom of this page displays the current size of the Recycle Bin, and
lets you empty it and access the system Recycle Bin configuration dialog.