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You add a network folder to a library on your computer. When you look through the list of files, you decide that you do not want to include some of the files in the library. You right- click each file

The correct answer is C. The files are deleted from the original network location.. When a file from a network folder is deleted directly through a Windows library, the action targets and removes the original file from its source network location.

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Question

You add a network folder to a library on your computer. When you look through the list of files, you decide that you do not want to include some of the files in the library. You right- click each file that you want to remove and select Delete. What is the outcome of these actions?

Options

  • AOnly the library's copy of the file is deleted.
  • BThe files are only removed from the library's index.
  • CThe files are deleted from the original network location.
  • DNothing happens because the Delete function is disabled when working within a library.

How the community answered

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  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    93% (27)

Why each option

When a file from a network folder is deleted directly through a Windows library, the action targets and removes the original file from its source network location.

AOnly the library's copy of the file is deleted.

Libraries do not create separate copies of files; they only provide an indexed view, so there is no 'library's copy' to delete.

BThe files are only removed from the library's index.

Deleting a file is a permanent action that removes the actual file, not just an entry from the library's index.

CThe files are deleted from the original network location.Correct

Windows Libraries serve as aggregated views of files from various locations, including network shares, and do not store copies of the files themselves. Therefore, deleting a file from within a library directly removes the original file from its actual storage location on the network.

DNothing happens because the Delete function is disabled when working within a library.

The Delete function is fully enabled and functional within a library, directly impacting the source file location.

Concept tested: Windows Libraries file deletion behavior

Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/libraries-f21b72e9-4e14-68a8-b64d-58b292723c72

Topics

#Windows Libraries#file management#network shares#file deletion

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