How to Show or Hide Full Details When Deleting a File
By Timothy Tibbetts |
When you right-click on any file, you are prompted if you want to delete the file. Using this tutorial, you can get a lot of file details before you delete anything. You can do this by using our registry files or editing the registry yourself.
Information you will see when deleting a file includes:
Name
Type
Folder path
Size
Date created
Date modified
Attributes
Owner
Computer
We're assuming you have enabled the delete confirmation box.
Video tutorial:
How to Show or Hide Full Details When Deleting a File With Registry Files
Download Show or Hide Full Details When Deleting a File and extract the two files.
Double-click Show Full Details When Deleting a File.reg or Hide Full Details When Deleting a File.reg (Default) to show or hide full details when deleting a file.
Click Yes when prompted by User Account Control.
Click Yes when prompted by Registry Editor.
Click OK when prompted by the Registry Editor.
This tweak is included as part of MajorGeeks Windows Tweaks.
How to Show or Hide Full Details When Deleting a File by Editing the Registry
Open the Registry Editor and go to Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects
Right-click on AllFilesystemObjects and click New > String Value named FileOperationPrompt.
Double-click FileOperationPrompt and copy and paste the following in the Value data box:
prop:System.PropGroup.FileSystem;System.ItemNameDisplay;System.ItemTypeText;System.ItemFolderPathDisplay;System.Size;System.DateCreated;System.DateModified;System.FileAttributes;System.OfflineAvailability;System.OfflineStatus;System.SharedWith;System.FileOwner;System.ComputerName
Reboot, and try to delete a file.
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Information you will see when deleting a file includes:
We're assuming you have enabled the delete confirmation box.
How to Show or Hide Full Details When Deleting a File With Registry Files
Download Show or Hide Full Details When Deleting a File and extract the two files.
Double-click Show Full Details When Deleting a File.reg or Hide Full Details When Deleting a File.reg (Default) to show or hide full details when deleting a file.
Click Yes when prompted by User Account Control.
Click Yes when prompted by Registry Editor.
Click OK when prompted by the Registry Editor.
This tweak is included as part of MajorGeeks Windows Tweaks.
How to Show or Hide Full Details When Deleting a File by Editing the Registry
Open the Registry Editor and go to Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects
Right-click on AllFilesystemObjects and click New > String Value named FileOperationPrompt.
Double-click FileOperationPrompt and copy and paste the following in the Value data box:
prop:System.PropGroup.FileSystem;System.ItemNameDisplay;System.ItemTypeText;System.ItemFolderPathDisplay;System.Size;System.DateCreated;System.DateModified;System.FileAttributes;System.OfflineAvailability;System.OfflineStatus;System.SharedWith;System.FileOwner;System.ComputerName
Reboot, and try to delete a file.
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