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Enable/Disable Recycle
Bin
For those confidant
enough that you will never need a deleted file or folder, this tweak
will disable the Recycle Bin and permanently delete items with no
chance of recovery.
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[Start] [Run] [Regedit]
Registry Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket
Modify/Create the Value Data Type(s) and Value Name(s)
as detailed below.
Data Type: DWORD // Value Name: NukeOnDelete
Setting for Value Data: [0 = Use Recycle Bin / 1 =
Permanently Delete]
Exit Registry and Reboot |
To
avoid the inherent danger of editing the registry, the same results
may be obtained by using the procedure detailed below.
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Right click the Recycle Bin icon on the Desktop and click
[Properties]
Check the box for [Do Not Move Files to the Recycle Bin]
Click [Apply] and [OK] |
A Note from Bob M
Sept 23, 2005
The recycle bin is set to 10% of
HD size by default. Way too big! Right click on recycle
bin, select properties, and change the value to something more
reasonable, like 400-500MB, which should be 3% or 2%. One
can regain 2-3 GB of drive space this way.
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