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Rena
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Posted on 02-06-08 12:47:05 AM (last edited by HyperHacker at 02-05-08 09:47 PM) Link | Quote
Jul - Post #2268 - 02-05-08 07:47:05pm
So I used SysInternals PendMoves to schedule F:\RECYCLER for deletion at next boot, and rebooted. That didn't do it. Then I went there in a console, did del *.* /s /q, and it went down to 22MB. Where that extra 22MB is coming from, I don't know, since there only seems to be a lot of empty directories now, but it's tolerable.

(I can't seem to delete those empty directories though. )

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Posted on 02-06-08 01:21:48 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by HyperHacker
So I used SysInternals PendMoves to schedule F:\RECYCLER for deletion at next boot, and rebooted. That didn't do it. Then I went there in a console, did del *.* /s /q, and it went down to 22MB. Where that extra 22MB is coming from, I don't know, since there only seems to be a lot of empty directories now, but it's tolerable.

(I can't seem to delete those empty directories though. )

You know, I have a similar problem with a flash drive I use on rare occasion... The extra used data dissappears and reappears at will... No answers though, sorry...

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Posted on 02-06-08 05:02:11 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by HyperHacker
So I used SysInternals PendMoves to schedule F:\RECYCLER for deletion at next boot, and rebooted. That didn't do it. Then I went there in a console, did del *.* /s /q, and it went down to 22MB. Where that extra 22MB is coming from, I don't know, since there only seems to be a lot of empty directories now, but it's tolerable.

(I can't seem to delete those empty directories though. )

Heh, 22MB isn't usually a big deal, though if you are still worried about it you could try my other suggestion and use a Linux boot disc (make it from the last half of 2007 at least, that's about when NTFS-3g comes standard with almost everything), mount the partition, and delete it there.
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Posted on 02-06-08 06:39:01 AM (last edited by Xkeeper at 02-06-08 03:39 AM) Link | Quote
Make sure that, when you're doing "dir", you're using "dir /A:S".

Doing "dir /A:H" also works.


("Show system files" and "Show hidden files")

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Rena
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Posted on 02-06-08 10:03:59 AM (last edited by HyperHacker at 02-06-08 07:11 AM) Link | Quote
Jul - Post #2273 - 02-06-08 05:03:59am
Uh, yeah. That revealed a few thumbs.db and desktop.ini files, so I gave the same flags to del, which cleaned those out. Now I can actually see and open the phantom files - which are indeed things I deleted ages ago - even though they don't show up in the command line.

Most of this seems to be just empty directory structure though. There's only a few actual files (which, somewhat amusingly, are all porno).

I just selected them all, hit Delete, emptied the bin again, and they seem to have actually gone away this time. Nothing left but 162 bytes worth of desktop.ini files that get recreated all the time (for those oh-so-important recycle bin icons).

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Posted on 02-06-08 10:17:48 AM Link | Quote
If you're really obsessive about that, you could probably repalce it with a read-only empty desktop.ini file

Still, glad to see it worked. Now you don't have to bother with downloading useless software

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Posted on 02-06-08 04:09:37 PM Link | Quote
Drag's Post #575
You could also bypass the recycle bin entirely by either right-clicking it, going into properties, and turning it off, or by hitting shift+delete when you want to delete things. This is what I do.

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Posted on 02-06-08 10:42:36 PM Link | Quote

I rarely ever use the recycle bin. Of course, I'm also very careful about what I delete...

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Rena
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Posted on 02-07-08 12:19:53 AM Link | Quote
Jul - Post #2279 - 02-06-08 07:19:53pm
Originally posted by Xkeeper
If you're really obsessive about that, you could probably repalce it with a read-only empty desktop.ini file
Bah, that'd probably just break something. If I wanted to save 162 bytes there are much better ways I could do so.

Originally posted by Drag
You could also bypass the recycle bin entirely by either right-clicking it, going into properties, and turning it off, or by hitting shift+delete when you want to delete things. This is what I do.
I'd just end up accidentally deleting something important.

I wonder how common this problem is though? And how long it's been doing that? I mean those files were several months old.

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Posted on 02-07-08 03:22:36 AM Link | Quote
Drag's Post #577
Originally posted by HyperHacker
I'd just end up accidentally deleting something important.

Which is why it still brings up the "are you sure you want to delete such and such file?" message.

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