Delete PKF files ?

[Marc Hildebrant]

Group,

When I'm done with my restoration of a music file, the diamond cut software has left a number of pkf files behind. Is there a way to have the software remove them automatically ?

Marc

[Craig Maier]

There is a "Delete All Temp Files" command under the Edit menu. But, if the ,pkf is under a user defined directory, I do not think that will erase all of those files. I think that we leave that to users discretion in that case, but not 100 percent sure.

Craig

[Marc Hildebrant]

Craig,

Yes, the delete all temp files works but not on the pkf files. Since Diamond Cut Software is the only software that uses the files, I prefer to remove them when I'm done with a restoration. So far, the only way to do that is to manually remove them.

Marc

[Craig Maier]

Marc,

Ok - so you want a function in Diamond Cut that would search the drive and eliminate all .pkfs wherever they are. We can look into that for the future, unless I am missing something that already exists that I am not aware of.

Craig

[Marc Hildebrant]

Craig,

Could be as simple as "Delete Temp Files" deletes pkf files ? Or under preferences to have that as an option ?

If a pkf file is not present, the software generates one "real fast". Also, they are always changing as you cut out noise, change amplitude, inc. So, why not remove them when you exit the program as you do for other temp files ?

Marc

[Craig Maier]

Marc,

I am thinking that it could, under some circumstances, have to be two mutually exclusive functions. One would be (what we have) which is "Delete Temp Files". That one only looks in certain directories associated with Diamond Cut and gets rid of them. The other command could be "Delte .pkf Files" (I know - redundant) which searches the HD for any of them and gets rid of them.

Only one thing that I am not sure about that could be a show-stopper - - - are there any other programs that use .pkf? I do not know of any but that does not mean too much.

Craig

[Dan McDonald]

I just deleted 3,249 of them. I clicked on "my computer" in search box I put *.pkf Then I checked the list, they were all from DC so I just clicked on the first one and the last one in the list, and right click and selected delete.

[Marc Hildebrant]

Dan, that is a lot of files.....

First time you deleted them ?

Marc

[Dan McDonald]

Yes - years of DC8 stuff...

[Craig Maier]

Hi,

Did you know that if you use Fast Edit mode, there may be some .ses files too? .ses files hold the fast-edit file history.

Craig

[Dan McDonald]

There are some other programs that use .pkf. Another audio program put out by a major company in the video/audio editing area (I won't mention the name) is probably the best known. I have both of them on my computer, but I hardly ever use the other one. There are apparently a couple of other, lesser known programs as well.

Dan