Hello,

deleting (i. e. moving to Recycle Bin) local (i. e. not of network
connections) files or directories on my PC usually take a lot of time even
if the size of the file or directory is small.
Other file transactions like copying or moving files or directories are - of
course dependent on their size - comparingly quick.
I already defragmented my drives.

What may be the reason, that deleting of local files or directories take a
lot of time?
How can deletion be sped up?

Thomas Wiedmann

Help! My computer is slow!
http://miekiemoes.blogspot.com/2008/...r-is-slow.html
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002

Thomas Wiedmann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> deleting (i. e. moving to Recycle Bin) local (i. e. not of network
> connections) files or directories on my PC usually take a lot of time even
> if the size of the file or directory is small.
> Other file transactions like copying or moving files or directories are -
> of
> course dependent on their size - comparingly quick.
> I already defragmented my drives.
>
> What may be the reason, that deleting of local files or directories take a
> lot of time?
> How can deletion be sped up?
>
> Thomas Wiedmann

> Help! My computer is slow!
> http://miekiemoes.blogspot.com/2008/...r-is-slow.html

That is not my problem. I observed the 5 (good!) hints in the blog above. My
computer is fast (ok, not always, but mostly) - only deleting (even small)
files of local directories take some time. Copying and moving is quite
faster.
I guess that may be a Windows problem, why ever.

Thomas Wiedmann