What is $recycle.bin ?

[gbhall]

I've done virtually nothing to my XP-pro system (ahem) except install Windows 7 beta on a second hard drive. Now every drive in XP-pro (i.e. partition) has a new folder called $RECYCLE.BIN.

I assume (hope) this is MS in their almighty wisdom choosing to change the recycle bin store from the good ol' RECYCLE we know and love all these years......and not a nasty??

 

[kimsland]

Found this on a quick Google search:

There is a hidden recycle bin folder for every drive.
You can delete the corrupted one by typing the following into an elevated command prompt

rd /s /q D:\$Recycle.bin

Where D is the letter of the drive you want to delete it from
Restart once complete



Also found this FYI random stuff whilst searching:

Recycle Bin Registry key, in Windows7

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\Shell\]

Edit:

Found an excellent page at MS, that you can download a "Fix It" tool, to fix missing Recycle Bin, for Xp and Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810869
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[gbhall]

Thanks Kimsland - worked ok

But start Windows 7 again, and they are all back ! Seems I was right first time. Not only that, restore directories ALSO appear on all partitions on the drive Win7 is installed on. Not a problem, but more 'nanny knows best' from MS.