Comments on: Automatically Empty the Recycling Bin at Startup

By: Eric Nemchik

Eric Nemchik — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:59:18 +0000

very nice find, im glad i can do this from within windows without any extra programs

as to the person wondering why use this method (rather than disabling the recycling bin completely) the answer is simple
if i delete something on accident i can get it back as long as my computer stays on, but if i delete something on purpose it is unlikely i will need it back by the time i restart my computer
also this trick cleans up more than just the recycle bin, and since i hate temporary files im glad they are off my system at startup

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 23:51:52 +0000

Is this a work or personal machine? I think this can be controlled by administrators remotely, but you should be able to change that if it’s your own machine.

By: Phaoloo

Phaoloo — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:19:10 +0000

Nice trick!

By: neoDesynz

neoDesynz — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:07:04 +0000

I am using Windows Vista home edition, My recycle bin gets automatically empty on restart of system, pls help how do I avoid it.

- Aravind

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:28:25 +0000

Anonymous wrote:

Why not just shut the recycle bin off, since your system virtually defeats its purpose in any event.

That's definitely a valid point, but the Recycle Bin is still useful in case I delete a file, and then want it back later that same day. I want to have the option to retrieve files that I've deleted over the past few hours.

David Gray wrote:

I run crap cleaner in automatic mode at startup which I think accomplishes the same thing.

Didn't think about using CCleaner, but I wanted to accomplish this without a third-party app.

By: Syahid A

Syahid A — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:48:37 +0000

CCleaner has this function too, for those who don’t like the look of CMD prompt.

By: bruce

bruce — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:45:26 +0000

*you’re done

By: rvdmast

rvdmast — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:57:00 +0000

i use BinManager ([cheztabor.com]) which has a scriptable component that can be used in vbscript, jscript AutiIt etc…I then use this in a logoff script to empty the recycler at logoff.

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By: David Gray

David Gray — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:02:08 +0000

I run crap cleaner in automatic mode at startup which
I think accomplishes the same thing.