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HereSphere VR Video Player (Quest 2)

VR video player with immersion-enhancing algorithms, streaming, and media library features · By HereSphere

Can't delete folders in SMB?

A topic by arvz created Jan 15, 2023 Views: 368 Replies: 3
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Hello, I'm trying out the heresphere demo and I am liking it so far, but one big problem I'm facing it is when trying to delete a folder, heresphere doesn't seem to do anything? I tried deleting files and that works fine (even though it takes a while to delete a file that's currently playing), but when I 'toggle' a folder and press the Trash button, nothing happens. 

Is this a known issue or a bug?

Developer

It's currently by design that folders can't be deleted. Too high of a risk of users accidentally deleting important folders. The app can't move files to the recycling bin, so any file/folder deletion would be permanent.

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I understand the reason, but I think it can be done safely.

add a toggle in the settings to allow folder deletion for people who want it. 

The file deletion popup already shows a list of files that will be deleted and that it's permanent. If there's too many files, just show how many files are being deleted. 

I think after these two hurdles, if people still accidentally delete important files well.. It's on them

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File deletion was fixed on the last version and it's a blessing that it got fixed. Being able to delete folders would certainly be a plus.  When there is a confirmation pop up asking you if you are sure you want to delete "Folder with it's name" I don't think there would be a problem. This would be a great option as most of the times the file you want to delete is located in a folder and after deleting it you have to access again your hard disk and delete the empty folder from another device!