Popup Menu

• Move abstracts to desktop moves non-file objects assigned to this folder to the &link_desktop;. They will appear there after the WPS is restarted. This menu item is only available when a single handle is selected -- you can not move objects from multiple folders at once.

  Use this option before deleting a handle that displays Abstract objects in the "References" column. Otherwise, these objects will be deleted along with the handle.

• Remove folder positions deletes the OS2.INI entry that stores the size and position of folder windows and of WPS Properties notebooks. It is always safe to delete these entries because they are not critical. At worst, you will have to resize or reposition the window when you next open it.

• Remove object ID deletes the text-based identifier associated with this object. Object IDs are used by programs and REXX scripts to locate an object without having to know its exact name or location. These entries should probably not be deleted unless you know for certain that they are unneeded.

• Delete marks a handle for deletion. The actual deletion won't happen until you choose either "Delete now.." from the "Actions" menu or "Write back to OS2SYS.INI..." from the "xfix" menu.

  If deleting a handle would cause other handles to become orphans (invalid because you've deleted their parent's handle), the affected handles will be marked and the Status column will display "Possible orphan". Unless you plan to delete the orphans, you should definitely undelete the handle which caused this warning to appear.

  Note: when a handle that is marked invalid or orphaned is deleted, the count of invalid or orphaned items in the status bar is decreased. For orphans, the error description in the Status column is also removed.

• Undelete removes the from a handle so it won't be deleted. If the handle was previously marked as invalid or orphaned, those icons will be restored and the error description will reappear in the Status column.

• Protect marks a handle so it can't be deleted by accident. The handles for all of the folders on the protected object's path are marked so they are safe from deletion as well. Attempts to delete any of these handles will be ignored. If they are already marked for deletion, they will be undeleted. Handles that are marked invalid can not be protected.

  Note: you can use "Auto-protect" on the "Actions" menu to automatically protect all of the most important handles. Doing so will prevent errors that could destroy your Desktop. See Menubar Commands for more details,

• Unprotect removes the from the protected handle. The assigned to folders on the protected handle's path will also be removed if no other protected handle relies on them.

  Note: handles that are marked can not be unprotected directly. You must unprotect the handle that caused them to become safe from deletion (the one marked ), Since several protected handles may have a particular folder in their path, you will have to unprotect all of them. You can use "Unprotect all" on the "Actions" menu to remove protection from every handle.

Hot Keys

Unlike the corresponding menu items, these keyboard shortcuts toggle the setting: from off to on, and then back to off.

• Delete - Delete key or Ctrl+D

• Protect - Ctrl+P