Recycle Bin & Flash Drives

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Roger Fink

Is there a setting in Win2000 that will send files deleted from a flash
drive to the Recycle Bin rather than sending them into the ether?
 
Hello Roger,

No, that's by design, they will be deleted direct as network drives. All
external drives will never use the recycle bin.

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Meinolf Weber
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Well, I'm glad they achieved their "design objective", although I would have
preferred it weren't at my expense. Thanks.
 
Hi,

Puzzled -- files deleted from an external HDD connected via USB
can go to the recycle bin.

Could you please elaborate?

TIA
J
 
FWIW, with an external ATA hard drive hooked up. when I right clicked
Recycle Bin/Properties, the external hard drive (E) appeared as a separate
panel (unlike with a flash drive). By all indications deleting a file on
hard drive E should send it to RB unless you proactively elect to skip that
feature. But I tried deleting a file and it just disappeared.
 
Hmm,

FWIW
A USB-connected HDD also appears as a separate panel. Deleted
files go to RB (unless directed otherwise).

J
 
quoting:
Puzzled -- files deleted from an external HDD connected via USB
can go to the recycle bin.

Could you please elaborate?
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I think Windows goes by the media descriper byte. Hard drives get a "non
removable" designation, while flash drives and memory cards get "removable".
It is even possible to change it with a hex editor for the adventurous.
 
quoting:


I think Windows goes by the media descriper byte. Hard
drives get a "non removable" designation, while flash
drives and memory cards get "removable". It is even
possible to change it with a hex editor for the
adventurous.
Click to expand...

Oh, of course, that makes sense. Thanks.

J
 
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