ForceDel button

[John]

What has happened to the ForceDel button in the TC UP 4.0? Every time I wanna use it I have an Unlocker pop-up window asking me what I wanna do. How can I go back to when the file gets deleted right away after pressing it like it used to be in 3.8 version?

Thanks a lot

[John]

Moderators where are you? Can anyone help?

[Andrew]

Hey, I agree here. I liked that button but now if you want to delete a file you have to do 5 steps exactly! Why? It used to be so simple now it reminds me of Windows that will ask you a million times be4 executing something. This Unlocker thingy is useful if the file is really locked but it appears no matter what.
Any suggestions here?

[fenixproductions]

If you still have ForceDel application in "TC UP\tools" folder you can add a button to your button bar with:

Code:

Command="%COMMANDER_PATH%\PLUGINS\Tools\ForceDel\ForceDel.exe"
Parameters:%P%N

I've attached this tool for the case you don't.

[John]

Thank you man, now it's working the way I wanted it.
But what is the purpose of Unlocker if the file is not locked by any application I don't get this?

[John]

Hey one more thing. Is it possible to automatically redirect the command to the Unlocker if the ForceDel is not able to delete the file? That would be perfect.
Thanks

[fenixproductions]

But what is the purpose of Unlocker if the file is not locked by any application I don't get this?

The key word is additional. Unlocker is additional tool for deleting files which cannot be removed using standard methods.

For now you have plenty ways for clearing your folders like:
- F8 key press,
- Del key press,
- bottom "F8 Delete" button click,
- drag and drop of item into "F8 Delete" bottom button,
- some packer or filesystem plugins (not included into TC UP).

You can use one of them in most of the cases BUT if you have some problems, you might need a help. That is where ForceDel began to work for previous versions and Unlocker for the current one.

IIRC The reason for replacing ForceDel is that Unlocker can handle problematic files better.

[John]

Yeah, I've noticed that Unlocker handles the situations when the file is locked way better than ForceDel but the whole process of it is what in my opinion doesn't match the whole Total Commander idea - fast and right away file access. I wish this button has just adopted the "delete" option execution from Unlocker and not the whole package - move, rename and etc. as we already have plenty to choose from in TC itself just like you mentioned earlier about "Delete" options.

Well that's just me.
Thanks for your explanation