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Hi Wes...thanks for the reply...I thought I'd start a new thread to make this
current...thanks for the help...I understand about SID's, and I feel like an
idiot for asking that question without looking at my recycle bin itself to
see what was in there...but what is contained in the NPROTECT folder....I
can't seem to find anything on that either....that's the more perplexing
question...it seems as though they might bee some kind of temp files or
restorable fragments of files....is it safe to empty out that folder (delete
the files), or are they important....any info is very much
appreciated...thanks
Chris
>>>
No.
%systemdrive%\RECYCLER\Your SID # is YOUR Recycle Bin.
The Recycler folder is used only on NTFS formatted drives. It's a Hidden
folder.
%systemdrive%\RECYCLER
With at least one folder
SID #
for every user on the machine.
If there is only one user, then there is only one
SID # folder. That SID # folder is the Recycle Bin.
Security identifiers (SIDs) are numeric values that identify a user or
group.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:9A398305-BBD1-4FB2-B5DD-5A3012A89F59@microsoft.com,
Chris <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Is this just the folder where files go after they're kicked out of the
> recycle bin...all of the information I've been able to get from
> researching this, has hinted at that, but has not really specified
> directly....can someone let me know if this is true, and if I want to
> completely delete files, will deleting everything in that folder do
> it....and free up disk space from those apparently useless
> files....thanks in advance for any info...
>
> Chris
Hi Wes...thanks for the reply...I thought I'd start a new thread to make this
current...thanks for the help...I understand about SID's, and I feel like an
idiot for asking that question without looking at my recycle bin itself to
see what was in there...but what is contained in the NPROTECT folder....I
can't seem to find anything on that either....that's the more perplexing
question...it seems as though they might bee some kind of temp files or
restorable fragments of files....is it safe to empty out that folder (delete
the files), or are they important....any info is very much
appreciated...thanks
Chris
>>>
No.
%systemdrive%\RECYCLER\Your SID # is YOUR Recycle Bin.
The Recycler folder is used only on NTFS formatted drives. It's a Hidden
folder.
%systemdrive%\RECYCLER
With at least one folder
SID #
for every user on the machine.
If there is only one user, then there is only one
SID # folder. That SID # folder is the Recycle Bin.
Security identifiers (SIDs) are numeric values that identify a user or
group.
--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:9A398305-BBD1-4FB2-B5DD-5A3012A89F59@microsoft.com,
Chris <Chris@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Is this just the folder where files go after they're kicked out of the
> recycle bin...all of the information I've been able to get from
> researching this, has hinted at that, but has not really specified
> directly....can someone let me know if this is true, and if I want to
> completely delete files, will deleting everything in that folder do
> it....and free up disk space from those apparently useless
> files....thanks in advance for any info...
>
> Chris
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