[FYI] Eliminating the delay when deleting in-use files/dirs

[ghisler(Author)]

Hey, here I am (finally)!

OK, it took a bit longer to analyze the problem in a debugger. I found out that TC indeed calls SHFileOperation twice when encountering a delete error, because the sharing violation isn't correctly detected. I will correct this in TC 7, maybe even in a TC 6.55. Sorry to those who had problems with it! I never had this problem because there is no such 5 (or 10) second delay on Windows 2000.

[Lefteous]

2ghisler(Author)
These are really good news.

I will correct this in TC 7, maybe even in a TC 6.55.

Please no 6.55

I never had this problem because there is no such 5 (or 10) second delay on Windows 2000.

Oh no not just another operating system versions dependent behavior. I can confirm that it really doesn't seem to happen on Windows 2000 but on XP
Thank you Bill

[Sticky]

I never had this problem because there is no such 5 (or 10) second delay on Windows 2000.

Or on XP, if you have no recycle bin. It took me nearly two pages of this thread to figure out what it was about.

[solid]

I have successfully patched the shell32.dll on my system and enjoy the following delays for deleting in-use directories AND files now:

Explorer: 0 seconds!
TC: 0 seconds! (with both Explorer and TC deletion method)

3. Search for the hex string 8bff558bec565733ffeb2183ff05, you will find it twice! In each occurence replace the last 05 with 00.

Even now found sime time to play with it, but couldn find those string in the shell32.dll.

WinXP SP1.

Any ideas why there is not such string in my shell??

[SanskritFritz]

2solid
Locate shell32.dll in TC. Press F3. In Lister, press 3, then F7. Paste this into the "Find what" box:
8bff558bec565733ffeb2183ff05
Click on 'Search hex string'.
Press enter.
Did you find it?

[icfu]

I have tested under SP2 only and have chosen the string to be as long as possible to prevent collisions!

Use this string instead, it's existent in shell32.dll from XP Gold and also SP1:
565733ffeb2183ff05

Icfu

[solid]

2SanskritFritz

No,
8bff558bec565733ffeb2183ff05
Not found.

2Icfu
565733ffeb2183ff05

This one is found. I'll play with this one later, and let you know the result.

Thanks.

[solid]

Found 565733ffeb2183ff05, replaced 05 with 00.

Works like a charm. No delays.

Thanks to all.

[icfu]

I have created a patcher for shell32.dll and need some brave testers.
http://icfu.totalcmd.net/Tools/Deliminator.zip

Please give me some feedback if it works as expected, thanks!

Icfu

[solid]

2icfu

Unfortunately, i cannot patch it because the file is in use. I patched the one kept in dllcache, but couldn't replace the one in system32. I guess the windowd only allows to edit it.
Any idea how to unlock it and replace it?

[icfu]

Plesae redownload the file. It looks like you have catched one without attached Deliminator.txt which contains detailed instructions. Thanks.

Icfu

[solid]

2icfu
Right.

I got it this time, and with instructions works great. Tested both under xp with SP 1 and 2.

Thanks for the tool.

[cubic]

Hey.
What happens with that 5 seconds delay.
It was not fixed in TC 7...