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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 -- -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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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. -- Ken |
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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 |
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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 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!! -- With over 1.2 billion devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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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 -- With over 1.2 billion devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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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 -- With over 1.2 billion devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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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. -- With over 1.2 billion devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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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. |
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