A New Smartphone Pet Peeve...Deleting Read-Only Files

[Jason Dunn]

The C500 that Orange sent me had a 16 MB MiniSD card included with some demos. I wanted to move all the content off the card and use it for installing my own programs. Since MiniSD is so new and I have nothing that can read that card format (there was no MiniSD to SD adapter in the box from Orange) the only way I could clear it off was by using ActiveSync and manually manipulating the files on the card. I moved all the files from the card to my desktop, then tried to delete the folders from the card. It seems that all the CAB files for the trial software were read-only. So it prompted me to confirm that I wanted to delete the read-only files. I clicked yes. Then it prompted me again...and again...and again. There's no "Yes To All" option, and there should be. I don't imagine this scenario will come up very often, but why wouldn't Microsoft include the standard dialogue box options?

[Fitch]

I know that you can do a "No to all" option by holding the Shift key when doing stuff in regular windows explorer. I can't test it, but can you Shift-click "Yes" to get "Yes to all" to work?

[wardy]

With original SD cards they have a read only tab which needs to be switched off when you want to delete files, I have not seen the mini-SD format but I would of thought they would have the same tab otherwise they would be mini-mmc cards?

[Jason Dunn]

With original SD cards they have a read only tab which needs to be switched off when you want to delete files, I have not seen the mini-SD format but I would of thought they would have the same tab otherwise they would be mini-mmc cards?

miniSD cards don't have a lock switch on them.