X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to opendos-bounces using -f Message-ID: <01FD6EC775C6D4119CDF0090273F74A4FD6C79@emwatent02.meters.com.au> From: "da Silva, Joe" To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" Subject: RE: several technical problems [recycle bin] Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 10:04:28 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Reply-To: opendos AT delorie DOT com Hi Ben, Hey, you're right. I'd never noticed these "recycled" directories on the other drive partitions before. They all seem to hold just a small hidden file called "desktop.ini" - strange. Actually, now that I think about it, I think I configured W95 to _not_ save stuff in the "recycle bin", when I installed it. Perhaps that's an option to minimize the potential for LFN contamination, although I don't think LFN entries would be created when a non-LFN file is deleted, anyway. Joe. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben A L Jemmett [SMTP:ben DOT jemmett AT ukonline DOT co DOT uk] > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 1:37 AM > To: opendos AT delorie DOT com > Subject: Re: several technical problems [memory] > > > Well, if you configure a different drive/partition to hold the > > "Recycle Bin", it is safe to delete stuff from Windoze. > > I'm afraid that's not possible; Windows keeps deleted files in a Recycle > Bin > directory on the same disk, because 'deleting' a file by copying it to > another > drive would be extremely slow and inconvenient. The Bin can be turned off > on > a per-drive basis though. > > Regards, > Ben A L Jemmett. > (http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ben.jemmett/, http://www.deltasoft.com/)