Windows 11's File Explorer is now faster at deleting large files, in a rare speed win from Microsoft
https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/26/windows-11s-file-explorer-is-now-faster-at-deleting-large-files-in-a-rare-speed-win-from-microsoft/
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ExtremeDullard@piefed.social · 26 pts · 31d
Now that agentic AI garbage will wipe your entire hard drive before you even have time to pull the plug.
Funwayguy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 30d
Windows has sunk so low that a partial fix of a basic file operation that MS repeatedly crippled is supposedly an achievement worth reporting about. The bar is buried in hell and the OS struggles to pass even that.
SpacePanda@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 31d
Probably deletes faster than it takes to open the start menu or an explorer window
siravious@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 31d
Great. Delete the tracking IDs next
victorz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 31d
Why would deleting a large file take any different amount of time than deleting a small file?
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 31d
I’m so confused as to who needs to delete files quickly.
Load files? Yes. But deleting them?
If you’re worried about an fbi raid or something, just stick a can of thermite above the disk and blow torch to get it lit; or something.
For everything else there’s just good data security.
Einskjaldi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 31d
Windows can just be very sluggish in moving files in any way when there's a large volume in number or size.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 30d
I guess my point is that there’s very few people that are actually concerned by how quickly a file is deleted
It’s just a weird thing to brag about.
Einskjaldi@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 30d
It is if it's maxing your hdd and make doing other things slow