Windows Explorer in Vista

[IronBits]

Can anyone explain to me why Windows Explorer has to calculate how much disk space and how many files total that will need to be deleted before it actually begins to delete files and folders (directories and sub-directories) ?
Is there a way to disable the calculation and force it to just delete what I selected without having to wait for the calculation to finish before it actually deletes the files?

[enderak]

If you don't need it to go to the recycle bin, you can do a Shift-Delete which just deletes the files without sending to the recycle bin, and seems to be a bit faster, especially with lots of little files. (Might just be my imagination, though)

Otherwise, I have heard that regularly emptying and/or reducing the size of your recycle bin can help.

If you don't mind the command line, you can use DEL, or better yet use Cygwin if you are comfortable with Linux commands.

But yeah, I agree, it can be a huge pain, especially when working over a network.

[EDIT]
Googleing around, I just found a suggestion that turning off indexing can help as well.

[LAURENU2]

Try using a defibrillator @ 300jules that should do it

[alpha]

enderak might be on to something. There is a setting for the recycle bin which specifies its maximum capacity. I guess if you send something to the recycle bin explorer has to make sure that it will not exceed that capacity first. Therefore, try using shift-delete because then it won't be going to the recycle bin and might not need to check the file size first. Setting the maximum size of the recycle bin to 0% would probably have the same effect, but would obviously disable its use.

I haven't tested any of this, I'm just speculating.

[Paratima]

I have yet to come across a situation that disk indexing helps. There may very well may be some, I just haven't found 'em. (And Yes, I have run tests & made measurements. ) Turn it off.

[gopher_yarrowzoo]

Well I have indexing turned off in XP, I never saw the point in it, as all the index is is dir X:\ /s/a/b where is X is the drive a list a file somewhere hidden that windows looks at.. It's like everything else I know let include this as people want it.... NO we DON'T! the calculating size is there in XP as well but it's now been vistafied aka made 1000% more annoying!
Turn off all the crap in Vista and you have XP with a bit more security as it should be...