Automatic deleting of datafiles after DROP TABLESPACE

Lazy junior dba question. How can i order oracle to delete files automaticly after deleting them from control file (like drop tablespace command)?
What technology/approach should I use? Can ASM help me?
Thnaks.

Well, ideally after issuing
DROP TABLESPACE <TBS_NAME> INCLUDING CONTENTS AND DATAFILES; the datafiles corresponding to that tablespace should get deleted automatically. Although, in my case, sometimes it gets deleted automatically, but sometimes it doesn't(Windows Server).
Comments from others will be useful.
Regards,
Anand

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