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How can the recycle bin hold multiple files with the same name? [duplicate]
Under Windows if I create a file and delete it, than recreate the exact copy of the file in the same place and delete it too, than I will have 2 identical files in the recycle bin with the same name. ...
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deleted Win7 files do not show up in recycle bin
On Windows 7, I do not see files that I delete from the local computer in the Recycle bin. The problem occurs all the time in an otherwise healthy computer. The funny part is that if I have the RECBIN ...
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Folder refuses to be moved to Recycle Bin under Windows 7
I have a folder with files for the project I work with. I move it from my desktop to laptop and back, almost every day, depending on which machine I use it on at the time. The process of the move is ...
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Automatically deleting old files from recycling bin while keeping the new ones?
I want an explorer add-on which will delete old files from recycling bin after a time period.
For example, I want to set the time limit to 30 days. When I delete a file in Windows, the software will ...
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Windows 7 cross-volume symlinks affecting recycle bin
Related to this question but not identical.
Scenario:
C:\Folder\Symlink\ is a symlink pointing to E:\Folder\Folder\Target\
Problem:
Deleting a file through C:\Folder\Symlink\* bypasses the Recycle ...
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Windows 7: Is there a shortcut to deleting files without sending them to recycle bin? [closed]
After searching the internet for a while, I get a mix and match of "permanently change it through recycle bin properties" or other incorrect info such as "hit SHIFT+DEL". I am hoping there's a quick ...
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Accidentally copied a gigantic E:\$RECYCLE.BIN directory from one external hard drive to another. Need to delete it
Ran SyncToy to sync E: to F:. Before I stopped it, SyncToy managed to copy $RECYCLE.BIN from E:, which is gigantic. I emptied my Recycle Bin but F:'s didn't delete. Haw can I manually delete it?
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How to quickly empty a very full recycle bin?
I have deleted about half a million files from a folder, and didn't think to press Shift in order to delete them completely straight away.
Now they're clogging my recycle bin, and Windows claims it ...
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Setting Windows 7's Recycle Bin to automatically have a default disk space allocation for deleted files from newly mounted drives
How do I set Windows 7's Recycle Bin to automatically have a default disk space allocation for deleted files from external hard drives and TrueCrypt-mounted volumes?
I remember in Windows XP, I can ...
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How to fix Windows 7 always delete file permanently
I am using a laptop from my company, installed with Windows 7. I found that I cannot delete the files to Recycle Bin. The files will always deleted permanently without going to the Recycle Bin.
I am ...
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how to restore files deleted in the Mapping virtual drive
I used psubst drive1: drive2:path /P to create the persistent virtual drive, I found that's greate, but when I delete files in those drives, they didn't appeared in the Recycle Bin, so How can I ...
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Windows XP Delete File Option
When I go to delete files in XP, it's deleting them directly. I had my machine recently reimaged, and this feature changed (no longer says are you sure you want to do this). Where does the ...
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File delete history in Windows XP
Is there a way I can view a list of files that the user has recently deleted, assuming they have already been removed from the recycle bin?
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What is the command line way of sending files to the recycle bin?
Is there a command line program that can send files to the recycle bin?
This is on XP and Vista.
