Thank you to hi5, gral, and petermad. I'm all set now, but let me give back by summarizing for others:
Suppose you want foo_files/ to be deleted when you manually delete foo.htm.
When you press F8 (or DEL) you will see a dialog warning box. If the box is plain, cancel and try again by pressing shift-F8. You should now see a colorful box with a colorful file icon. When you press "yes" the foo_files\ folder will also be deleted.
OPTIONAL BACKGROUND:
There are two checkboxes in Configuration Options that relate to whether foo_files/ will be automatically deleted:
With neither #3 or #4 checked you will see these dialogs:
F8=> "Do you really want to delete the selected file foo.htm?" In a plain text box.
Shift F8=>"Are you sure you want to move this file to the Recycle Bin?" In a box with a colorful icon.
With only #4 checked:
F8=> "Are you sure you want to move this file to the Recycle Bin?" In box with a colorful icon.
Shift F8=> "Do you really want to delete the selected file foo.htm?" In a plain text box.
With item #3 checked (regardless of whether "4 is unchecked or gray-checked):
F8=>"Are you sure you want to move this file to the Recycle Bin?" In a box with a colorful icon.
Shift F8-> "Are you sure you want to permanently delete this file?" In a box with a colorful icon and red X.
Conclusion: Whenver you see the box with a coloful icon, the pesky foo_files\ will be deleted.
That solves my particular problem, so my question is moot. I have no need to sort files with folders.
Suppose you want foo_files/ to be deleted when you manually delete foo.htm.
When you press F8 (or DEL) you will see a dialog warning box. If the box is plain, cancel and try again by pressing shift-F8. You should now see a colorful box with a colorful file icon. When you press "yes" the foo_files\ folder will also be deleted.
OPTIONAL BACKGROUND:
There are two checkboxes in Configuration Options that relate to whether foo_files/ will be automatically deleted:
(FYI, I prefer to leave then unchecked.)General Copy+Delete Options
#3. Use Explorer delete method (faster, cannot handle comments)
#4. F8/Del deletes to recycle bin (Shift=directly)
With neither #3 or #4 checked you will see these dialogs:
F8=> "Do you really want to delete the selected file foo.htm?" In a plain text box.
Shift F8=>"Are you sure you want to move this file to the Recycle Bin?" In a box with a colorful icon.
With only #4 checked:
F8=> "Are you sure you want to move this file to the Recycle Bin?" In box with a colorful icon.
Shift F8=> "Do you really want to delete the selected file foo.htm?" In a plain text box.
With item #3 checked (regardless of whether "4 is unchecked or gray-checked):
F8=>"Are you sure you want to move this file to the Recycle Bin?" In a box with a colorful icon.
Shift F8-> "Are you sure you want to permanently delete this file?" In a box with a colorful icon and red X.
Conclusion: Whenver you see the box with a coloful icon, the pesky foo_files\ will be deleted.
That solves my particular problem, so my question is moot. I have no need to sort files with folders.
Statistics: Posted by nn1k3 — 2025-02-08, 20:23 UTC