Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 12:03:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Evan Dickinson <evand AT wsunix DOT wsu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: protecting DR-DOS from Windows
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On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, Ben A L Jemmett wrote:

> >    My problem is,Windows IS touching that disk. It keeps dumping a
> > "recycled" directory onto the disk (which can only be removed by a
> > re-format) with a "desktop.ini" in it (the file can be deleted,but not the
> > directory).
> 
> > I don't know what particular operation is doing this.
> Explorer creates the directory on startup (or perhaps Windows itself) - it's
> the Recycle Bin.  Files you put in the Bin go to the Recycled directory on
> the relevant drive, get renamed and then indexed in database file in there.
> 
> Perhaps you can get Windows not to create the directory by turning off the
> Recycle Bin:  Recycle Bin->Properties, and tick the 'Do not move files to
> the Recycle Bin.  Remove files immediately when deleted' option.  You can
> choose to do this for all drives (on the Global tab), or just for your
> DOS-only partitions (select 'Configure drives independently' on the Global
> tab, and then set the options you want on the tab for each partition).

No luck here.  Windows creates the recycled directory even if you disable
the recycle bin.

Evan