"Dora" > wrote in message
...
> I'm trying to delete about 100 photos from My Documents in Microsoft XP
> SP3. Every time I try to delete, the software automatically makes a copy
> of the picture.
> I've tried so many times that I have multiple batches of copies these
> pictures. How can I delete the things so they're gone? Any help would be
> appreciated. Thanks.
> Dora


Use Windows Explorer to navigate to your My Documents folder. You shouold
have an icon for it on the desktop. If not, make one. Right click on the
open desktop, choose properties --> desktop --> customize desktop and then
click on the checkbox for "my documents".

Then navigate to your My Pictures folder, assuming that is where they are.
Then keep navigating to the folder you have the files stored in. Then
select them holding down the CTRL button and clicking one at a time on the
files you want to select. Then just press the delete key.

Paul

Paul M. Cook wrote:
> "Dora" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I'm trying to delete about 100 photos from My Documents in
>> Microsoft XP SP3. Every time I try to delete, the software
>> automatically makes a copy of the picture.
>> I've tried so many times that I have multiple batches of copies
>> these
>> pictures. How can I delete the things so they're gone? Any help
>> would be appreciated. Thanks.
>> Dora
>
>
> Use Windows Explorer to navigate to your My Documents folder. You
> shouold have an icon for it on the desktop. If not, make one.
> Right
> click on the open desktop, choose properties --> desktop -->
> customize desktop and then click on the checkbox for "my documents".
>
> Then navigate to your My Pictures folder, assuming that is where
> they
> are. Then keep navigating to the folder you have the files stored
> in.
> Then select them holding down the CTRL button and clicking one at a
> time on the files you want to select. Then just press the delete
> key.
>
> Paul

Paul, that's precisely what I've been doing; i.e., going to My
Documents, selecting the pictures (either one by one or by pressing
Control), then clicking delete. Everything goes to the Recycle Bin, I
clear that, then find everything back in My Documents, marked. e.g.,
copy of copy of copy John Doe (15). Rather than be on
rec.food.cooking, anyone can e-mail me at limey108 at verizon dot net,
so I don't get everyone mad with this OT problem. Thanks!

Dora

"Dora" > wrote in message
...
> Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> "Dora" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> I'm trying to delete about 100 photos from My Documents in
>>> Microsoft XP SP3. Every time I try to delete, the software
>>> automatically makes a copy of the picture.
>>> I've tried so many times that I have multiple batches of copies these
>>> pictures. How can I delete the things so they're gone? Any help
>>> would be appreciated. Thanks.
>>> Dora
>>
>>
>> Use Windows Explorer to navigate to your My Documents folder. You
>> shouold have an icon for it on the desktop. If not, make one. Right
>> click on the open desktop, choose properties --> desktop -->
>> customize desktop and then click on the checkbox for "my documents".
>>
>> Then navigate to your My Pictures folder, assuming that is where they
>> are. Then keep navigating to the folder you have the files stored in.
>> Then select them holding down the CTRL button and clicking one at a
>> time on the files you want to select. Then just press the delete key.
>>
>> Paul
>
> Paul, that's precisely what I've been doing; i.e., going to My Documents,
> selecting the pictures (either one by one or by pressing Control), then
> clicking delete. Everything goes to the Recycle Bin, I clear that, then
> find everything back in My Documents, marked. e.g., copy of copy of copy
> John Doe (15). Rather than be on rec.food.cooking, anyone can e-mail me
> at limey108 at verizon dot net, so I don't get everyone mad with this OT
> problem. Thanks!
>

What is happening is that you are accidentally clicking on the selected
files after reelasing the CTRL key and slightly moving the selected files.
This tells Windows you want to make a copy. So it obliges you. It happens
all the time. What you can do is to click on EDIT in the toolbar, then
choose select all. Then UNselect the files you want to keep, one at a time.
Then delete the remaining selected files. Helps to sort them in the window
first.

Paul

"Dora" > wrote in message
...
> Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> "Dora" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Paul M. Cook wrote:
>>>> "Dora" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> I'm trying to delete about 100 photos from My Documents in
>>>>> Microsoft XP SP3. Every time I try to delete, the software
>>>>> automatically makes a copy of the picture.
>>>>> I've tried so many times that I have multiple batches of copies
>>>>> these pictures. How can I delete the things so they're gone? Any
>>>>> help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>>>>> Dora
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Use Windows Explorer to navigate to your My Documents folder. You
>>>> shouold have an icon for it on the desktop. If not, make one. Right
>>>> click on the open desktop, choose properties --> desktop -->
>>>> customize desktop and then click on the checkbox for "my documents".
>>>>
>>>> Then navigate to your My Pictures folder, assuming that is where
>>>> they are. Then keep navigating to the folder you have the files
>>>> stored in. Then select them holding down the CTRL button and
>>>> clicking one at a time on the files you want to select. Then just
>>>> press the delete key. Paul
>>>
>>> Paul, that's precisely what I've been doing; i.e., going to My
>>> Documents, selecting the pictures (either one by one or by pressing
>>> Control), then clicking delete. Everything goes to the Recycle Bin,
>>> I clear that, then find everything back in My Documents, marked.
>>> e.g., copy of copy of copy John Doe (15). Rather than be on
>>> rec.food.cooking, anyone can e-mail me at limey108 at verizon dot
>>> net, so I don't get everyone mad with this OT problem. Thanks!
>>>
>>
>> What is happening is that you are accidentally clicking on the
>> selected files after reelasing the CTRL key and slightly moving the
>> selected files. This tells Windows you want to make a copy. So it
>> obliges you. It happens all the time. What you can do is to click
>> on EDIT in the toolbar, then choose select all. Then UNselect the
>> files you want to keep, one at a time. Then delete the remaining
>> selected files. Helps to sort them in the window first.
>>
>> Paul
>
> No, I'm not clicking on them then moving them slightly.


You are. It only takes one pixel. I can easily duplicate it on my
computer. Here's what else you can do. Under view, choose icons. Now sort
by name so the files you want to delete are more or less all together. Then
you can hold down the left mouse button and drag to select the files you
want to include. Then press DEL or right click on the selected area and
choose delete.

Paul

On 7/24/2011 6:52 PM, Dora wrote:
> Paul M. Cook wrote:
>> "Dora" > wrote in message

> No, I'm not clicking on them then moving them slightly.
>

Yes you are. What Paul is telling you is correct.

On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:46:53 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
wrote:

> Use Windows Explorer to navigate to your My Documents folder. You shouold
> have an icon for it on the desktop. If not, make one. Right click on the
> open desktop, choose properties --> desktop --> customize desktop and then
> click on the checkbox for "my documents".
>
> Then navigate to your My Pictures folder, assuming that is where they are.
> Then keep navigating to the folder you have the files stored in. Then
> select them holding down the CTRL button and clicking one at a time on the
> files you want to select. Then just press the delete key.

Sometimes my photo editor makes duplicates instead of deleting too,
but I can delete just fine if I bypass it and use windows. I think
whoever talked about making a new folder had the right idea. Make a
new folder, use the ctrl button to select and move them over to the
new folder as a batch, then delete the entire folder.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 18:09:37 -0400, "Dora" > wrote:

> Rather than be on
> rec.food.cooking, anyone can e-mail me at limey108 at verizon dot net,
> so I don't get everyone mad with this OT problem. Thanks!

This is the kind of OT that people can learn from. Pretend they are
pictures of food and now it's on topic.

--

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.

On Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:26:46 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
wrote:

>
> "Dora" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Paul M. Cook wrote:
> >> "Dora" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> I'm trying to delete about 100 photos from My Documents in
> >>> Microsoft XP SP3. Every time I try to delete, the software
> >>> automatically makes a copy of the picture.
> >>> I've tried so many times that I have multiple batches of copies these
> >>> pictures. How can I delete the things so they're gone? Any help
> >>> would be appreciated. Thanks.
> >>> Dora
> >>
> >>
> >> Use Windows Explorer to navigate to your My Documents folder. You
> >> shouold have an icon for it on the desktop. If not, make one. Right
> >> click on the open desktop, choose properties --> desktop -->
> >> customize desktop and then click on the checkbox for "my documents".
> >>
> >> Then navigate to your My Pictures folder, assuming that is where they
> >> are. Then keep navigating to the folder you have the files stored in.
> >> Then select them holding down the CTRL button and clicking one at a
> >> time on the files you want to select. Then just press the delete key.
> >>
> >> Paul
> >
> > Paul, that's precisely what I've been doing; i.e., going to My Documents,
> > selecting the pictures (either one by one or by pressing Control), then
> > clicking delete. Everything goes to the Recycle Bin, I clear that, then
> > find everything back in My Documents, marked. e.g., copy of copy of copy
> > John Doe (15). Rather than be on rec.food.cooking, anyone can e-mail me
> > at limey108 at verizon dot net, so I don't get everyone mad with this OT
> > problem. Thanks!
> >
>
> What is happening is that you are accidentally clicking on the selected
> files after reelasing the CTRL key and slightly moving the selected files.
> This tells Windows you want to make a copy. So it obliges you. It happens
> all the time. What you can do is to click on EDIT in the toolbar, then
> choose select all. Then UNselect the files you want to keep, one at a time.
> Then delete the remaining selected files. Helps to sort them in the window
> first.
>
She can use the right click menu to select delete too.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.