Honestly, I don't see the need for this software. That is, unless you could
enlighten us, as to what would be the benefit of using it. At least in
Windows XP, You already have a Recycle bin. Standard one, as well. Go to
your Desktop, scroll to Recycle Bin, and p press ALT-ENTER, to open the
properties screen. First you will have the choice, if you want one general
setting for ALL your drives. Basically, this would be recommended.
Alternatively, you can choose to have a seperate setteing for each of your
drives, an with CTRL-TAB, go to the coresponding tab, and make your
settings. Just make sure, your Flash (USB) Drive is plugged in, before you
open the Recycle Bin Properties.
Even if you have choosen one setting for ALL drives, the 'recycle bin' for
your files on the flash drive, will still be located on the flash drive. The
'one setting for all drives', is merely taking care of the behavior of the
recycle bin (i.e, the size of it), for all your drives.
OK, so what is the recycle bin in Windows? Many do believe - as did I
myself - that it is a specific folder, located some secret place on the hard
disk. Well, a bit of a search on the net, taught me another lesson. Fact is,
that the recycle bin is more of a register, which keeps track of which files
has been deleted. In other words, the file(s) are not physically 'moved'
anywhere, when you delete them. Windows simply just 'registers' (or makes a
note, so to speak), that this file has been deleted, hence should appear in
your recycle bin. Complicated? Well, it is a technical matter. But what you
need to know, is that even if you have a flash drive, and delete files from
the flash drive, the files are not moved to anywhere else on your systtem.
To stress this fully: The files that are deleted on the flash drive, will
be 'put in the recycle bin' of the flash drive - all by Windows standard.
So, again, I don't see why you want a third-party script or software, to do
the job, that Windows already handles perfectly well on its own. What is it
this script will do, that Windows doesn't do? Remember, if it works, never
fix it. Stick to the Windows Recycle Bin, long as it does the job you want.
And let us know, if there is any feature, that the software you are pointing
out holds, that Windows doesn't take care of by default.
Regards,
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neville" <[email protected]>
To: "GW Micro" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 10:47 AM
Subject: WE and flash drive recycle bin
Hi,
Has anyone got the programme to add a recycle bin to your flash drive to
function successfullly with WE 7.11? The item appeared in the most recent
Top Tech Bits and the details follow.
1) This Fred's Head post is entitled Add a Recycle Bin to Your Flash
Drives
http://www.fredshead.info/2010/01/add-recycle-bin-to-your-flash-drives.html
It seems to be a brilliant idea but there are a number of problems when
used with WE. There is a clash when bringing up the Systems Tray and
even if this is achieved, it does not talk all that well anyway.
Another problem is that the author's first language is not English and so
the documentation is difficult to follow.
As the programme is small and written in auto hot key code, I was
wondering if the task could be achieved with a script.
So, if there is anyone using the utility successfully I would like to hear
from them because this is just what I need.
Cheers
Neville.
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