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Delete: This aptly-named item removes selected icons from their windows and from their disk. Delete works on tools, projects, and drawers but not on disks or trashcans. The fastest way to get rid of unwanted files on your system, De lete eliminates both .info files and their associated files. Be careful: Delete is irrevocable. Workbench does not provide a means to recover what you delete. When you select an icon and access the Delete item, Workbench puts up a requester listing the number of files and drawers you've selected for deletion and asking if you want to proceed (see Figure 3-16). Always examine the re quester thoroughly before you continue, in case it contains surprises. For ex ample, deleting a drawer not only erases the drawer but also all the drawers and files it contains. The requester can alert you to inadvertent selections caused by the extended-selection capability of the shift keys, as well. I discovered this the hard way. To free up space on my disk, I double-clicked on my picture files drawer and, using the shift-select procedure, selected three unwanted files for deletion. I then accessed the Delete item and, without reading the requester, hit the Continue button. You can imaging my horror when all 19 pictures in the drawer, and the drawer itself, vanished from my Workbench and my disk.
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Before clicking the Continue button, you should check that the number offiles and drawers indicatedfor deletion is reasonable and correct. You can't get back whatyou