c:\recycler question

Is there a way to delete selected files from the c:\recycler folder?

I am not talking about the emptying the Recycle Bin. The recycler
folder is apparently something different than the Bin.

thanks

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On 4/22/2020 7:40 AM, Laurence Smith wrote:

Is there a way to delete selected files from the c:\recycler folder?

I am not talking about the emptying the Recycle Bin. The recycler
folder is apparently something different than the Bin.



There's no such folder here. If it exists on your computer, it was
probably created by some third-party program.


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On 4/22/20 9:40 AM, Laurence Smith wrote:

Is there a way to delete selected files from the c:\recycler folder?

I am not talking about the emptying the Recycle Bin. The recycler
folder is apparently something different than the Bin.

thanks




Is it this one:


$Recycle.Bin

Laurence Smith wrote:

Is there a way to delete selected files from the c:\recycler folder?

I am not talking about the emptying the Recycle Bin. The recycler
folder is apparently something different than the Bin.

thanks

My w10 machine does not have that folder/file.
The w7 machines do not have it either.

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On 4/22/20 9:40 AM, Laurence Smith wrote:

Is there a way to delete selected files from the c:\recycler folder?

I am not talking about the emptying the Recycle Bin. The recycler
folder is apparently something different than the Bin.

thanks




Is it this one:


$Recycle.Bin

I've seen that occasionally. Usually on removable drives if memory
serves me right. Just delete the folder and it likely will stay away. If
not something else is recreating it.

On 22/04/2020 15:40, Laurence Smith wrote:
Is there a way to delete selected files from the c:\recycler folder?

I am not talking about the emptying the Recycle Bin. The recycler
folder is apparently something different than the Bin.

thanks


The recycler
folder is apparently something different than the Bin.

You must have created this folder so open it and then select the file or
files that you want to delete.Â* Simple!!


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On 22/04/2020 19:08, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
Laurence Smith wrote:

Is there a way to delete selected files from the c:\recycler folder?
Â* I am not talking about the emptying the Recycle Bin.Â* The recycler
folder is apparently something different than the Bin.

thanks

My w10 machine does not have that folder/file.
The w7 machines do not have it either.


Have you got an icon for Recycle Bin on your desktop? If the answer is
no then do this:


Settings Personalization Themes Desktop icon settings.

[ display desktop icons ] https://i.imgur.com/43pTGCL.png


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On 22/04/2020 19:08, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
Laurence Smith wrote:

Is there a way to delete selected files from the c:\recycler folder?
Â* I am not talking about the emptying the Recycle Bin.Â* The recycler
folder is apparently something different than the Bin.

thanks

My w10 machine does not have that folder/file.
The w7 machines do not have it either.

Actually you might have a default folder but you must have decided not
to use it.Â* there is a way to stop all deleted files from going to that
folder.Â* To go to the folder, launch Windows/file explorer and then
type: Recycle Bin in the address bar.Â* It will open the folder for you.

[ Go to Recycle Bin ] https://i.imgur.com/oMsmMKH.png


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On 22/04/2020 19:20, pjp wrote:
In article , says...
On 4/22/20 9:40 AM, Laurence Smith wrote:
Is there a way to delete selected files from the c:\recycler folder?

I am not talking about the emptying the Recycle Bin. The recycler
folder is apparently something different than the Bin.

thanks



Is it this one:


$Recycle.Bin
I've seen that occasionally. Usually on removable drives if memory
serves me right. Just delete the folder and it likely will stay away. If
not something else is recreating it.

You are an idiot anyway so your memory is defective.


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philo wrote:

Laurence Smith wrote:

Is there a way to delete selected files from the c:\recycler folder?
I am not talking about the emptying the Recycle Bin. The recycler
folder is apparently something different than the Bin.

Is it this one:
$Recycle.Bin

Except that it a database containing records for pathing, filename,
datestamp, and content of the /moved/ files into there. The user opens
the Recycle Bin app to select which files to permanently delete or
undelete from there. They should not be putzing around inside the
$Recycle.Bin folder.

"Recycle Bin is located in a hidden directory named \$Recycle.Bin\%SID%,
where %SID% is the SID of the user that performed the deletion."
(http://dereknewton.com/2010/06/recyc...s-7-and-vista/)

The user would have to know the SID (Security Identifier) for their
Windows account. You can find that in the registry at:

HKEY_USERS

under which are subkeys named with the SID of each Windows account (not
all accounts are shown here). Trying to hunt under which one trying to
figure out which SID is for your Windows account, it's easier to go to:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Win dows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

The SIDs are listed under there. Look into each SID subkey at its
ProfileImagePath data item whose value will be the path to your profile
folder. Usually those have the user's name in the profile folder's
name. Also, the $Recycle.Bin folder may not have a subfolder named with
the SID for your account. Instead there may be a "Recycle Bin" named
subfolder holding your recently "deleted" (moved) files. Note: The
files don't actually move or get copied, just their entries get changed
in the file system for their location. You likely don't have
permissions to look inside the $Recycle.Bin\SID subfolders, but you
should be able to look inside the $Recycle.Bin\Recycle Bin subfolder.

Files moved into the Recycle Bin get renamed to something like
$LYRZOWXG.jpg (only the filetype gets retained). That means unless it
is the only file you have deleted that was a JPG file, you won't know
which is the one you want to permanently delete or undelete hence the
point of providing a user-level tool (Recycle Bin app).

The \$Recycler folder was the old scheme. If you have such a folder,
it's because you upgraded from an old version of Windows, like you
upgraded from Windows XP to 7 to 10. \$Recycler was used under Windows
NT, 2000, and XP. Since Windows Vista and in 7, 8, and 10, deleted
files are held under \$Recycle.Bin\SID, not under \$Recycler. Those
folders existed only when using NTFS as the file system. I always do
fresh installs of a new version of Windows. Upgrading brings along all
the old file and registry pollution that is either not applicable under
the new OS version, or remnants from other software, including any
[partial] corruption and orphans in the old registry. I don't upgrade
the OS. I migrate to the a version. \$Recycler is an inherited folder
no longer used since Windows Vista. Unlikely the OP needs any deleted
files way back to whatever was his prior version of Windows from which
he upgraded to Windows 10. Delete it.

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/about-re...p-and-vista/2/

Since the OP wants to selectively choose which "deleted" (moved) files
to eradicate from the Recycle Bin, why not use the Recycle Bin app? It
is the user interface to that file store. As with any folder displayed
in File Explorer, the user can select multiple files using Ctrl+click to
select individual files or click a file and then Ctrl+Shift another file
to pick a range of files, and even use Ctrl+click and Ctrl+Shift+click
together to pick files in a range and those that are not. If you
configure File Explorer to show a tick box next to each file, you can
use those to pick which files on which to act.

If the OP doesn't want to keep old "deleted" files that got /moved/
(relocated) into the Recycle Bin folder that are overly old, and since
there is no datestamp expiration of those items, he could configure the
Recycle Bin to a smaller size. If he deletes lots of small files, yeah,
those will linger around for a long time, but eventually the quota gets
consumed and the oldest ones get purged. If he deletes a lot of big
files, they won't stick around nearly as long as a slew of small files.
The custom size configured for the Recycle Bin is just a reserve size,
not how much it consumes now. I noticed my Recycle Bin is configured to
hold 97,434 MB. That's 97 GB! But that's just a threshold. Currently
that folder consumes only 172 KB because there's only 1 file held there.