Hi, Watermelons8.
Sorry to take up all of your time and thanks for teaching me things I
probably should know but I am EXTREMELY new to computer scene.
You are taking up only so much of my time as I am volunteering to give. I
can quit at any time. But, like all the volunteers here, I do this because
I want to help. Like you, I wasn't born knowing about computers. But I was
where you are about 30 years ago and I remember the climb up the learning
curve. So long as you are willing to learn, we are willing to help. ;<)
(That's a "smiley" using only text characters; turn your head sideways to
see the smile.)
First, I only purchased this computer in July,2007 and I have NEVER
deleted anything to the recycle bin so this is my first experience
If you ever deleted anything, it went to the Recycle Bin! Unless you
changed some default settings, which you probably have not yet learned to
do. The only way to NOT put your deletions in the RB is to do what I told
you earlier: either hold the Shift key while you click Delete, or set Vista
to always bypass the RB and permanently delete everything.
At this point, the best course might be for you to explore Vista a little
more by using the Help and Support file. Just click the Vista Orb (which we
used to call the Start button in earlier versions of Windows), and then Help
and Support. This will open a window that is just chockfull of useful
information about computers in general and Windows and Vista in particular.
You can explore by clicking the icons there, like "Windows Basics". Or you
can type something into the Search Help box at the top to find out more
about whatever you like. How about "recycle bin"? That gives me a list of
30 different results, including "Recover files from the Recycle Bin" and
"Change the Recycle Bin settings".
After exploring there, you might still have questions. If so, just post
back. If I'm not here (coffee break, or sleeping, or on vacation, or
working on my wife's "honey do" projects), someone else will see your post
and probably have an answer for you. You might want to start a new thread
so that other readers won't see all the replies here and think that your
problem has already been solved.
Many newbies (not a derogatory term; we were all that once) picture a room
full of computers and folks typing out these messages. NOT a true picture
at all! I'm alone in my office-in-converted-bedroom in my home in Texas
where it is almost noon. Others are literally all over the world and we
seldom if ever see each other. We don't even know where you are. You might
be my next-door neighbor for all I know! ;<)
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail beta 2 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 beta v.275)