Setting Windows 7's Recycle Bin to automatically have a default disk space allocation for deleted files from newly mounted drives
2013-08
galacticninja
How do I set Windows 7's Recycle Bin to automatically have a default disk space allocation for deleted files from external hard drives and TrueCrypt-mounted volumes?
I remember in Windows XP, I can set a percentage of total disk space that will automatically be used as storage capacity for deleted files by the Recycle Bin, and this will be applied to all external HDs or TC-mounted volumes.
Windows 7 defaults to the 'Don't move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove files immediately when deleted' setting for newly mounted external HDs and TC mounted volumes. Since I am expecting deleted files to go to the Recycle Bin, sometimes this causes an 'Oops' when I delete files in external hard drives or TC mounted volumes, as Windows does not move deleted files to the Recycle Bin, but just deletes the files permanently. I have to remember to manually set a custom Recycle Bin storage space for each new drive that is mounted by Windows to avoid this issue.
I only use and mount TrueCrypt file containers, not drives. I also don't mount TrueCrypt file containers as removable drives. ('Mount volume as removable medium' is unchecked in Mount Options.) In my $Recycle.Bin > Properties > Security settings, 'System' and 'Administrators' are already set to 'Full Control', while 'Users' only have 'Special Permissions' checked in gray. There are no other groups. I haven't changed or edited anything in these settings.
I am using Windows 7 Ultimate.
DiableNoir
It seems your mounting your external drive with TrueCrypt as an removable drive. This influences the behavior of the Recycle Bin. If the drive is a favorite/system drive you can find the setting in "Organize favorite/system volumes", else there is a setting in the mount-dialog for manual mounted volumes.
If this is not working and you are using Windows 7 Pro/Ent/Ultimate you should check the permissions of the (hidden) "$Recylce.Bin"-folder. The default permissions are:
- Administrators => Full Control
- Creator/Owner => Full Control
- Everyone => Change
- System => Full Control
Wrong Permissions can result in a deactivated Recycle Bin. You have to change the settings manually in the settings dialog to force Windows to create the folder.
Matthew Brindley
When I delete a file, it bypasses the recycle bin and is deleted permanantly.
I've made sure the recycle bin's "Don't move files to the recycle bin" option is unchecked and it has a maximum size of 25,122MB
Presumably I've changed something at some point, I had a quick google but didn't see anything obvious.
If I drag a (small) file to to the recycle bin, I see the prompt "Are you sure you want to permanently delete this file?", selecting yes deletes the file, skipping the recycle bin.
I'm using Windows 7 (32-bit), build 7100 (7100.0.x86fre.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700)
The drive the OS is installed on is an SSD using the NTFS file system.
greyDrifter
- Have you checked the size of the size of the disk that the recycling bin is allowed to use? Might create a similar effect to deleting a large file.
- When you drag a file over the recycling bin what text comes up? Blue 'Move to Recycling Bin or Orange Alert 'Delete'?
- What build are you using?
Odd, my system doesn't give confirmation of either when dragged even though the box is ticked; but get confirmation on both from the keyboard.
You might wish to keep a copy of recuva until this is resolved.
Diago
It honestly sounds like your Shift key is stuck, as this is the behavior for Shift+Del.
The only other time a file will skip the recycle bin is when you delete of a network drive, or a non-NTFS drive. I am not aware of any other settings that control this behavior.