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<P ALIGN=CENTER>Delete - Image Management</P>
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<P>To delete a file in GQview press Control + D, or select Delete
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from the file menu. Delete is also available in the context menu of
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all images and files. If <A HREF="10_6_advanced.html">Enable delete
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key</A> is enabled in Options, pressing the Delete key can also be
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used to delete files.</P>
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<P>The behavior when starting a delete operation depends on the
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<A HREF="10_6_advanced.html">Confirm file delete</A> option in
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Options. If the option is enabled a dialog will appear to confirm the
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operation, if it is not enabled the files will be deleted without
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further interaction. In all cases if the file is unable to be
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deleted you will be notified by a dialog.</P>
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<P><U>Confirm delete dialog</U></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The dialog that appears when delete
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confirmation is enabled will show the file or files to be deleted. To
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delete the file press Enter or activate the Delete button. Pressing
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Escape or activating the Cancel button will close the dialog and
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abort the operation.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">When deleting multiple files, the
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dialog will include two arrow buttons to step the image preview
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through the list of files to be deleted. Initially the preview will
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be blank, activate the right arrow to display the first file.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">The dialog will also display the
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status of the <A HREF="10_6_advanced.html">Safe Delete</A> feature.
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Use this to determine if a file to be Deleted will be immediately
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lost, or if the file can possibly be recovered from the Safe Delete
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">If a file is unable to be deleted, a
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dialog will appear to notify you. If multiple files were selected and
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any remain, the dialog will include a Continue button, activating
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this button or pressing Enter will delete the remaining files.
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Pressing Escape or activating the Cancel button will close the dialog
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and the remaining files will not be deleted.</P>
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<P><U>Safe Delete</U></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">GQview includes a feature to
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temporarily store deleted files in a selected folder, to use this
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feature enable <A HREF="10_6_advanced.html">Safe Delete</A> on the
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advanced tab of the preferences dialog. Safe Delete includes these
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Folder:</B> The folder to use for
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temporarily retaining deleted files.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><B>Maximum size:</B> The maximum
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amount of disk space to use when storing deleted files, in megabytes.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in">When the total size of the deleted
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files stored in the Safe Delete folder exceeds the Maximum size, the
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oldest files are removed from the folder to make space for the new
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deleted files. <SPAN STYLE="font-style: normal">Files moved to the
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Safe Delete folder are prefixed with a six digit number in the
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 1.58in"><I>nnnnnn_FILENAME</I></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-style: normal">This is used to
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distinguish which files to remove first when clearing space for new
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files. The digit counter increments with each deleted file.</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-left: 0.79in; font-style: normal">To clear the
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contents of the Safe Delete folder, activate the Clear button
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provided for this purpose on the <A HREF="10_6_advanced.html">Advanced
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tab</A> in Options.</P>
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