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Bug: Files cannot delete folders with subfolders inside from the recycle bin #16330

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@Hissymaster

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If you try to delete a folder with 2 or more subfolder layers, it will appear to work, but will reappear when you refresh.

Steps To Reproduce

  1. Create an empty folder.
  2. Navigate into it and make a subfolder.
  3. Place another subfolder or a file in this subfolder
  4. Move the whole folder you just made to the recycle bin.
  5. Open the recycle bin using Files and delete it from the recycle bin.
  6. Refresh.
  7. The folder that was "Deleted" Returns

Requirements

What should happen: The folder should get deleted regardless of how many subfolders there are.

what actually happens: Nothing actually happens if the folder has another folder inside

Files Version

3.7.7.0 onwards

Windows Version

10.0.22631.4317

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88176246-3359-4928-8953-9f1fb4b125ff

Log File

debug.log

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