Forever to delete files

sometimes when I need to delete a bunch of files the system just kinda hangs
there. For example, when I had to delete windows.old directory, after
finally figuring out how, the system just sat there for about 5 minutes
before it even began deleting the files. Why does it seems to take longer to
delete files than it did in XP?

I had this problem today also, though I am using build 5536. I needed to
delete an old game folder that had a few thousand files in it and I thought
it was going to take until the end of time for it to finish.

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1 21st April 07:31 chris External User Posts: 1	Forever to delete files sometimes when I need to delete a bunch of files the system just kinda hangs there. For example, when I had to delete windows.old directory, after finally figuring out how, the system just sat there for about 5 minutes before it even began deleting the files. Why does it seems to take longer to delete files than it did in XP?

2 1st May 12:55 chaucer External User Posts: 1	Forever to delete files I had this problem today also, though I am using build 5536. I needed to delete an old game folder that had a few thousand files in it and I thought it was going to take until the end of time for it to finish.