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I wasn't able to link the website, so I'm copying the article RE: Win 98
" Beware Windows 98's File Deletion Bug
Jul. 9, 1998 (PCWorld via COMTEX) -- Windows 98
is selling like
crazy, and as more Windows 95 users take the
upgrade plunge,
the list of known incompatibilities, glitches,
and minor bugs
grows. Published reports place the release of
the first Service
Pack as far out as September, but Microsoft may
have to fix
one serious bug right away.
If you're fast at navigating Explorer's File
Manager interface
using the keyboard, you could end up
unintentionally deleting
files.
To see the bug (reported by Tucson, Arizona,
reader Tracy
Mason), try the following steps. Warning: Do
not try this on
folders that contain valuable data, or at the
very least, make
sure that Windows 98's Recycle Bin is
configured to save a
copy of deleted files. First, open Explorer and
select a folder in
the left pane. Next, using the cursor keys,
navigate to another
folder in the pane, then press Delete. Select
No in the resulting
confirmation dialog box to cancel the folder
deletion, then
quickly repeat the navigation, deletion, and
cancellation steps. If
you repeat the steps quickly enough, Explorer
will fail to notice
that you've navigated to a new folder, and
instead ask you to
confirm deletion of the last folder selected.
Choosing Yes in the
deletion confirmation dialog box in fact
deletes the previously
selected folder.
Microsoft still has no comment on the bug.
However, we were
able to replicate the problem on three
machines, and we also
found mention of it in Microsoft's own newsgroup
(microsoft.public.win98.pre-release).
From an upcoming Bugs and Fixes column in PC World
magazine. "
Pick up Upgrade 98. I did and judging by all the comments, it was worth
the $20.
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