Why is the recycle bin set by percentage only in XP?

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Fisher wrote:
> This was a major oversight of Microsoft. On a 200-300gb HDD even 1% is
> too much space to use for the recycle bin. Some people may like using
> 2-3gb on the recycle bin but I don't. If it had the option to set the
> size in mb's there would be no need for this post. It's all about
> options. Get with the program Bill.
I agree. But then again, I disabled my recycling bin completely

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Fisher wrote:

> This was a major oversight of Microsoft. On a 200-300gb HDD even 1% is
> too much space to use for the recycle bin. Some people may like using
> 2-3gb on the recycle bin but I don't. If it had the option to set the
> size in mb's there would be no need for this post. It's all about
> options. Get with the program Bill.

OK...don't be dumbed down! Percentages are easier for some
people to work with...viz., mainly those who do not wish to
be exact.

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TIF is being fixed. Don't know if they will change the UI but I know it now defaults to far, far too big and so stops working (the stop working part is being fixed). But TIF needs to be bigger than one biggest download so one can resume a interupted download. I note that downloads sizes have also grown quickly.

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"GTS" <x> wrote in message news:u5vreIMkFHA.2852@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> True and the same applies to default setting for System Restore and
> Temporary Internet files - absurdly bad programming.
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> "Fisher" <fisher@no_email.here> wrote in message
> news:9iv7e1hn4o6a0sa5v1skakplc8c9c32akg@4ax.com...
>> This was a major oversight of Microsoft. On a 200-300gb HDD even 1% is
>> too much space to use for the recycle bin. Some people may like using
>> 2-3gb on the recycle bin but I don't. If it had the option to set the
>> size in mb's there would be no need for this post. It's all about
>> options. Get with the program Bill.
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