(SOLVED)can't delete files using delete button on ntfs patition

[Laurentius]

Hello.
I have just installed linumint 18.3 xfce 64 bit on a netbook with dual boot with windows 7
I set up an ntfs partition where i copied the files that i would like to share between linuxmint and W7 and labelled it DATOS (with gparted)
I want it to automount it at start up.

Here is the problem:
On Thunar, when i try to delete a folder on that ntfs patition whith de keyboard "Delete" button i get this message:
"Unable to find or create trash directory"

i have just realized that i can delete it using the mouse right click context menu "Delete", (a massage advices me that it will be permanently deleted)

So, how can i do to be able to delete files with the keyboard "Delete" button.

I first used gnome-disks to set the automount. Then i read an interlting altair4 post about how to do that on fstab
viewtopic.php?f=50&t=267427#p1455937
I thought my problem could be related to that
So, i edited fstab as altair4 suggested. But the problem remains.

Here is my fstab now:

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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=0b75c8ae-04df-4535-81ab-c367f691fe10 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /home was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=fc7fa5f6-62d7-4ca3-9f8c-1158c02f3658 /home           ext4    defaults        0       2
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=e929ceaf-a012-4e52-8441-8e18c7a0d9cd none            swap    sw              0       0
#
#Así monta la particion gnome-disks
#/dev/disk/by-uuid/3FDA508E2E4CD457 /mnt/DATOS auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
#
# Montado manual de DATOS
UUID=3FDA508E2E4CD457 /media/DATOS ntfs defaults, uid=lm,windows_names 0 0

Is that right?
I notice that although i wrote "uid=lm" on the fstab line (lm is my user account) all in DATOS is owned by root. Even if i create a folder on it it is owned by root. (just to comment)

EDIT: To the forum admin: Please move this post to the forum you consider it should be. I'm not sure if this is the right place

[Mute Ant]

Your /etc/fstab line is broken, it should not have spaces after commas in the options list. Maybe the uid is not being set?
Like this...
defaults,uid=lm,windows_names
...not this...
defaults, uid=lm,windows_names

[Laurentius]

Thank you Mute Ant!
That solved the problem.
Delete button works now.

And files are owned by lm.
But the group of the files is root. Is that right?

[Mute Ant]

Let's guess it defaults to uid:gid == 0:0 and you only changed the uid of the mount?

[Laurentius]

MuteAnt said:

Let's guess it defaults to uid:gid == 0:0 and you only changed the uid of the mount?

Sorry, MuteAnt. I'm afraid I don't get what you're saying.
Should I change "the uid of the mount"?