auto delete incomplete files
 

It'd be nice if Limewire would auto delete the incomplete files/previewed files. These two issues are eating up very much needed harddrive space. Having to do this myself has become a royal pain in the ***. I'm sure others are unaware of the amount space these files are taking up.
These problems need to be addressed ASAP. After one cancels downloads, the incomplete files still eat up my harddrive. Doesn't make any since to me why the program is built like this.

Sorry if I sound angry. If I were rich and could afford a bigger harddrive maybe I wouldn't care about these issues. :o

Auto Delete is already there
 

Rpbizzle

LW can already auto delete incomplete files, just reset the default 7 days to 1.

See my attached screen print.


UK Bob

PS. So all that anger was for nothing.

I must have over looked that option. Now......what about the "previewed" files? They can get very large depending on how long one previews something. I seen no option for deleteing them.

I said "sound" angry. If I kept my mouth shut....I'd never get any answers. :)

Too add to what ukbob said, if you go to your incomplete files in your LW library and drag and drop the files onto your player, they won't leave an incomplete file in your incomplete folder. Hence, no extra space will be used up on your hdd. Also it's a simple task to go into your incomplete filers folder and delete your incomplete files. Mind you, no anger is intended ;) :).

I don't guess you have a teenage daughter huh? I've already been helped on the incomplete files issue. It's the "previewed" garbage that eating up hdd. My daughter will preview almost every thing she downloads meaning I have hundreds of those previewed files. Why can't they make the software (LW) delete those files AFTER being previewed? Just trying to make a suggestion here, not ruffle feathers. Ok?!

I understand, and no I don't have a daughter. Not trying to ruffle feathers, just throwing in my 2 cents ;).

Thats cool. :)

Rpbizzle

I now understand where you coming from, as I father myself I would not allow any of my sons, if they were still under 16, to use LimeWire unsupervised.

As for auto-deleting incomplete files after they are previewed, I must point out that I would not support having such a facility.

You see, like most LW users I will preview a download to see if it is worth keeping, now if it is not I will cancel the download and delete the incomplete file. However, if it is worth having I will then continue with the download, auto-deleting would add an extra-unwarranted complication.

As for cleaning up your HD, etc., well back in the day that was called “PC Housekeeping” and it is a chore that every PC user had to do on a weekly/monthly basis.



UK Bob

My daughter is 19 and has a year and a half old daughter herself...so, no need for me to worry about what she views. :) You say you delete incomplete files, but that still doesn't delete the previewed files. There should be a short cut to cleaning those...no? If I were you, I'd take a look at how many of those perviewed files you have and then add up the number of megs/gigs they're using up.

Anyway, I hope LW will consider looking into this issue and see if there is in fact a way for future version of LW to handle those useless/unwanted/hard drive space eating files. :)

Preview Files
 

Rpbizzle

There is something I don't understand, you talked about "Preview Files" I thought you meant "Incomplete Files" but now its obvious you mean something else.

Now you know that incomplete files are the files that you are downloading and you can preview them with a media player, like VLC. However, there are no extra files produced from this previewing process, in fact I know of no media player that will produce "preview files" above and beyond the files they are playing.

If, however, you can provide some proof, such as attaching an 100k sample to your next post, and saying which media player you are using, maybe we can get to the bottom of this "preview file" problem you have.



UK Bob