Subject Re: files on desctop From Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invalid> Date Sat, 30 Jan 2021 11:06:04 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Attachment(s) find_look_in_folders.prg On 2021/01/30 07:01, Cornelius wrote: > Moring there. Its me again. > > On the desktop properties the file section. How to I delete files that are no longer in use. > I have delete a program form pc, but these files are still there in the look in on the navigator. > Thanks and a nice weekend to everyone. Cornelius > Unless you supply a specific folder, your delete program looks in the working folder. This is the folder specified in the "Look in" entryfield in the Navigator. The folders specified in the "Also look in" entryfield of the Navigator are kept in the PATH variable in the inifile.  Here multiple folders are separated by a semi-colon. You can extract the folders by using the SET() function.  If there are multiple folders you need to parse the sting to extract them. breakstring() from stringex.cc in the dUFLP will do the heavy lifting for you.  Some example code is attached. You will need to adjust your delete program so that it cleans up the current working folder if you don't pass it a folder.  If you pass it a folder then it must use that folder. If, for example, you have included, say, the dUFLP folder in the Also look up list you wouldn't want to delete files from there.  You can easily add a test for specific folders in the code I've given and not call the delete program for them. Mervyn. set procedure to :duflp:stringex.cc cPath = set('path') if ';'$cPath   aDirs = new stringex(cPath).breakstring(';') else   aDirs = new array()   aDirs.add(set('path')) endif if not empty(aDirs[1])    for n = 1 to aDirs.size       ?aDirs[n]       //add code here to call delete program for this folder    next else    msgbox('No "look-in" folders') endif