[Xastir] Windows 98 feature after deleting Cygwin/Xastir

[Gerry Creager]

Micro$oft?

Bill Vodall WA7NWP wrote:
> I've been doing LOTS of installs of Xastir/Cygwin and the corresponding
> removals of the entire Cygwin system.   That's hundreds of megabytes and
> thousands of files.   It appears that some resource in Windows 98 is used up
> by doing the large delete.   It takes a significant time for the folder I delete
> "cygwin" out of to come back to life, redraw, and again respond to clicks and
> other events.  Following this massive delete, very often other window redraws
> and actions on the desktop suffer the same multi-minute freeze in activity.  The
> only cure I've found is to reboot.
> 
> (Empty space added for Curt's obligatory Linux comment.   :-)   )
> 
> Does anybody here know what "feature" of Windows 98 I'm running in to
> and if there's a real fix for it?   I'm essentially up to date on Windows patches.
> 
> Thanks.
> Bill - WA7NWP
> 
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