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I've created a substed drive on Windows 7. When I delete a file, it doesn't go to the recycle bin, instead it is deleted permanently.

Recycle bin properties do not show this drive at all.

Any hack to send the files from substed drives to the recycle bin?

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not that i'm aware of....nice catch on an odd behavior – aking1012 Dec 16 '10 at 14:24
The interesting thing about this is that prior to Vista, this wasn't a problem, and you could undelete files on SUBST drives. – Will Dean Jan 7 '11 at 23:22
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According to various sources, the recycle bin indeed seems to not be available for that kind of drive.

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subst drives are like removable storages and if you delete a file from that type of drive, it will be deleted permanently; these drives don't have a Recycle Bin folder.

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  1. Browse to C:\users\.
  2. Right-click on one of the folders in this location (I chose saved games) and click properties.
  3. Select the Location tab.
  4. Click Move, browse to to root of the mapped drive, and click Select Folder.
  5. When asked "move all content?" it's your decision, I prefer "No".

A $RECYCLE.BIN is created in the mapped drive and the drive is in the list shown in the properties of recyclebin.

If you move the location back to C:\users..., the mapped drive is removed from the list of drives that are covered by recycle bin. But the Recyclebin itself remains in the mapped drive. Allowing you to access deleted files from other drives, only.

Source: Microsoft

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