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31 <H1>4.3 Delete</H1>
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32 <P>To delete a file in GQview press Control + D, or select Delete
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33 from the file menu. Delete is also available in the context menu of
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34 all images and files. If <A HREF="10_6_advanced.html">Enable delete
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35 key</A> is enabled in Options, pressing the Delete key can also be
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36 used to delete files.</P>
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37 <P>The behavior when starting a delete operation depends on the
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38 <A HREF="10_6_advanced.html">Confirm file delete</A> option in
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39 Options. If the option is enabled a dialog will appear to confirm the
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40 operation, if it is not enabled the files will be deleted without
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41 further interaction. In all cases if the file is unable to be
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42 deleted you will be notified by a dialog.</P>
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45 <P><U>Confirm delete dialog</U></P>
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46 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The dialog that appears when delete
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47 confirmation is enabled will show the file or files to be deleted. To
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48 delete the file press Enter or activate the Delete button. Pressing
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49 Escape or activating the Cancel button will close the dialog and
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50 abort the operation.</P>
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51 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">When deleting multiple files, the
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52 dialog will include two arrow buttons to step the image preview
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53 through the list of files to be deleted. Initially the preview will
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54 be blank, activate the right arrow to display the first file.</P>
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55 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The dialog will also display the
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56 status of the <A HREF="10_6_advanced.html">Safe Delete</A> feature.
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57 Use this to determine if a file to be Deleted will be immediately
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58 lost, or if the file can possibly be recovered from the Safe Delete
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59 folder.</P>
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60 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">If a file is unable to be deleted, a
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61 dialog will appear to notify you. If multiple files were selected and
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62 any remain, the dialog will include a Continue button, activating
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63 this button or pressing Enter will delete the remaining files.
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64 Pressing Escape or activating the Cancel button will close the dialog
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65 and the remaining files will not be deleted.</P>
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66 <P><BR><BR>
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68 <P><U>Safe Delete</U></P>
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69 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">GQview includes a feature to
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70 temporarily store deleted files in a selected folder, to use this
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71 feature enable <A HREF="10_6_advanced.html">Safe Delete</A> on the
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72 advanced tab of the preferences dialog. Safe Delete includes these
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73 options:</P>
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74 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Folder:</B> The folder to use for
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75 temporarily retaining deleted files.</P>
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76 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Maximum size:</B> The maximum
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77 amount of disk space to use when storing deleted files, in megabytes.</P>
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78 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">When the total size of the deleted
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79 files stored in the Safe Delete folder exceeds the Maximum size, the
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80 oldest files are removed from the folder to make space for the new
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81 deleted files. <SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">Files moved to the
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82 Safe Delete folder are prefixed with a six digit number in the
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83 format:</SPAN></P>
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84 <P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><I>nnnnnn_FILENAME</I></P>
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85 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-style: normal">This is used to
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86 distinguish which files to remove first when clearing space for new
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87 files. The digit counter increments with each deleted file.</P>
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88 <P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-style: normal">To clear the
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89 contents of the Safe Delete folder, activate the Clear button
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90 provided for this purpose on the <A HREF="10_6_advanced.html">Advanced
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91 tab</A> in Options.</P>
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