Recycle bin recycles files, even when set to not do so

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I have my recycle bin set to "Do not move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove
files immediately when deleted" on every drive. However, I noticed that each
drive has a recycled (fat32) or recycler (ntfs) directory, and each of them
has several GB of files in them. If I open the recycle bin, it is empty.
What are these recycled and recycler directories, and what is the several GB
of files in them?

I can confirm that if I delete a 2MB file, the size of the recycler
directory increases by 2MB. So, instead of asking if XP64 ignores recycle
bin settings, instead I'm going to ask how do I get it to not recycle files,
and instead delete them like I have it set?
 
RE: Recycle bin recycles files, even when set to not do so

Zootal,
These two articles might shed some light.
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/ArticleID/47677/47677.html
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/171694/en-us
Carlos

"Zootal" wrote:

> I have my recycle bin set to "Do not move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove
> files immediately when deleted" on every drive. However, I noticed that each
> drive has a recycled (fat32) or recycler (ntfs) directory, and each of them
> has several GB of files in them. If I open the recycle bin, it is empty.
> What are these recycled and recycler directories, and what is the several GB
> of files in them?
>
> I can confirm that if I delete a 2MB file, the size of the recycler
> directory increases by 2MB. So, instead of asking if XP64 ignores recycle
> bin settings, instead I'm going to ask how do I get it to not recycle files,
> and instead delete them like I have it set?
>
>
>
 
Re: Recycle bin recycles files, even when set to not do so

They didn't tell me anything I didn't already know, and they don't tell me
why Windows recycles stuff when I have it set to not do so.

"Carlos" <Carlos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:EA65B264-FFE7-4142-8808-3DEF63DA65A8@microsoft.com...
> Zootal,
> These two articles might shed some light.
> http://www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/ArticleID/47677/47677.html
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/171694/en-us
> Carlos
>
> "Zootal" wrote:
>
>> I have my recycle bin set to "Do not move files to the Recycle Bin.
>> Remove
>> files immediately when deleted" on every drive. However, I noticed that
>> each
>> drive has a recycled (fat32) or recycler (ntfs) directory, and each of
>> them
>> has several GB of files in them. If I open the recycle bin, it is empty.
>> What are these recycled and recycler directories, and what is the several
>> GB
>> of files in them?
>>
>> I can confirm that if I delete a 2MB file, the size of the recycler
>> directory increases by 2MB. So, instead of asking if XP64 ignores recycle
>> bin settings, instead I'm going to ask how do I get it to not recycle
>> files,
>> and instead delete them like I have it set?
>>
>>
>>
 
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