files continually copy again when i delete it

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help me!!!!!!!!!!!. in my docments when i try to delet a file it now reads
copy 14 of copy then the file name i have tried numerous times to delete then
it just comes back up again i now have aroung 50 files then re- envent
themselves i my documents how do i just delet these files. thanks claire
 
claire said:
help me!!!!!!!!!!!. in my docments when i try to delet a file it now
reads copy 14 of copy then the file name i have tried numerous times
to delete then it just comes back up again i now have aroung 50 files
then re- envent themselves i my documents how do i just delet these
files. thanks claire
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This is usually caused by the hand not being quite as steady as one
would want. Try:

1. Right-click on the file you want to copy and while holding down the
right mouse button drag the file to the desired location. When you
release the right mouse button, you'll get a context menu where you can
choose "Copy" (left-click).

a. To select multiple files adjacent to each other, left-click on the
first one to select it, then press Shift and go down to the last file
in the series and left click on it. All those files will now be
selected. Right-click on any of the files and proceed as above.

b. To select multiple files not adjacent to each other, do as above but
hold down Ctrl instead of Shift.

2. Lower the mouse sensitivity from the Mouse applet in Control Panel.

Malke
 
claire said:
help me!!!!!!!!!!!. in my docments when i try to delet a file it now reads
copy 14 of copy then the file name i have tried numerous times to delete then
it just comes back up again i now have aroung 50 files then re- envent
themselves i my documents how do i just delet these files. thanks claire
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Hello Claire, I know exactly what you're doing wrong. When you delete files, try deleting them one by one, and slowly. You can delete more than one at a time, but hilight them slowly....say 3 seconds in between each one. Too fast a deletion results in a re-creation of the file with a number after it. You can slow your mouse down, or you can highlight files to be delete, but again, slowly, and then delete. SLOWLY is the trick!
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Good luck to you! Michael
 
hi malke, tried this but i do not want to copy any files i wish to delete all
the files but when i do so they recopy themselves e.g copy of 15 - copy of 16
and so on when i select the file and press delete it delets from the current
position and re enters at the bottom of the file column. does this make sence
to you
thanks claire
 
Are you saying when you highlight/select the file in My Documents then press
Delete Btn its beng deleted and recreated as myfilecopy1 etc
 
claire said:
hi malke, tried this but i do not want to copy any files i wish to
delete all the files but when i do so they recopy themselves e.g copy
of 15 - copy of 16 and so on when i select the file and press delete
it delets from the current position and re enters at the bottom of the
file column. does this make sence to you
thanks claire
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The advice is the same. You are moving the mouse slightly. Just use the
advice I gave you but substitute "Delete" for "Copy"!

Malke
 
Also, don't forget that if you attempt to delete SYSTEM files (files
with the SYSTEM attribute set), they will ALWAYS be recreated by XP.

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