Just had a user empty his recycle bin on our major file server, and he had over 600GB in it... and they wonder why the drive is getting low on free space.
>>> Ben Scott <[email protected]> 5/11/2010 10:56 AM >>> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Joe Heaton <[email protected]> wrote: > Does this folder keep a copy of all items deleted? Yes, for some values of "deleted". More accurately, it contains the files "dragged to the Recycle Bin" in Windows Explorer, or otherwise moved there through equivalent menu commands, keyboard shortcuts, API calls, etc. Not all "delete" commands use the recycle bin, though. > I have multiple "Recycle Bins" under this folder Every user gets their own "Recycle Bin" folder, for security reasons. Otherwise, everybody would be able to go through everybody else's trash, so to speak. > Is this real size ... The files in the Recycle Bin do use disk space. > ... that I could clear up if I choose to empty the recycle bin ... Emptying a Recycle Bin which contains files will free up disk space. I'm not sure how to "empty the Recycle Bin for all users", so to speak. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
