windows - Delete files from shared folder

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2014-07
  • Marin

    I am trying to safely delete files from a shared folder hosted on the server. However file doesn't move to the recycle bin when deleted because I'm not the owner. How do I force the file to be moved to recycle bin instead of being permanently removed?

    I couldn't find deleted file in the shadow copy either.

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  • Fazer87

    This is by design the Recycle Bin only stores files deleted from hard drives, not from removable media, such as memory cards and floppy disks. It also doesn't store files deleted from network drives.

    Your best bet in this case is to either restore from a backup (assuming this server is backed up) or get an admin on the server in question to try and use an unerase tool (such as data recovery wizard) to recover these files.

    As for forcing windows to delete network files to the recycle bin - to my knowledge, this is not possible. The recycle bin is part of your users context, not the filesystems. What you are essentially looking for is the ability to delete a file by first copying it to your machine... which is illogical.

    However, there are 3rd party tools which can accomplish this such as Network Recycle Bin Tool. However, for this to work properly, the client needs to be installed on all amchines that access this share.


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  • Allen

    I am using a laptop from my company, installed with Windows 7. I found that I cannot delete the files to Recycle Bin. The files will always deleted permanently without going to the Recycle Bin.

    I am sure that the setting of the Recycle Bin is not "Remove files immediately when deleted".

    Then, I checked that, deleting files work fine in other drives, but only C: does not work. Besides that, C:\$RECYCLE.BIN is missing, but D: and E: have the $RECYCLE.BIN. I think that is why there is no problem other drives to use Recycle Bin.

    Please help.


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  • harrymc

    In this thread, one person "fixed" his recycle bin problem by this funny way :

    Ok, what I've done (accidentally, I was working on something else) is booting the computer in safe mode and deleting something. Somehow the recycle bin repaired itself.

    Just make sure first in Properties of the recycle bin that enough disk space is allocated for the C drive.

  • Rafael Rivera

    Assuming your recycle bin is configured properly, it sounds like you're running into normal behavior. (It's not clear, because you don't indicate what you're deleting.) Be aware, as per KB320031, the following deletion actions do not send files to the Recycle Bin, whether or not the Recycle Bin is active:

    • Deletions from removable disks (CD-RWs, floppy disks, Zip drives, and other removable disks).
    • Deletions from remote shares.
    • Deletions from compressed (zipped) folders.
    • Deletions at the command line.
  • matan129

    If a file is located on a networked drive and it will be permanently deleted because there is no recycle bin for network drives. If you delete the same file from a Library, it will go to the recycling bin on the same drive.