I do not use the recycle bin, I use Diskeeper's Undelete. I empty that maybe once a week.
How often do you empty your recycle bin?
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Me three.
Seconded.
Martin Eddy
Regular
What do you do if you accidentally delete something? I know you can use some sort of undelete proggy, but surely it's more convenient to just go to recycle bin and restore.
The recycle bin might well be the most used app on my PC, I empty it as soon as I delete something.
It's almost an obsession to keep it empty, it's disturbing. Maybe I should too disable it because, clearly I don't need it and it's there just to distract.
It's almost an obsession to keep it empty, it's disturbing. Maybe I should too disable it because, clearly I don't need it and it's there just to distract.
I do exactly the same thing. I used to have it disabled, but since my latest install of XP I've (for some reason unknown to myself) left it enabled. But I religiously empty it every time I put something in it, which defeats the object of having it enabled. Bizarre behaviour. Ah well.
I *think* it's due to my also having a Mac, I never empty the trash can on my Mac, it just sits there. I think the trash can is less obstrusive on the Mac than on Windows, maybe that explains it
Maybe, if the icon remained the "empty bin" even if there was stuff in it, it would stop drawing attention.
I've even positioned the bin in my desktop so it's easy and quick to click (on bottom left corner) and it's the icon I keep in the same place on every PC I use, and if someone moves it to a different place I can't operate until it's there where it used to be.
I think I'm addicted to the recycle bin, as I've noticed I actually sometimes go to the desktop just to see if it needs emptying. Oh god, I need help.
I've even positioned the bin in my desktop so it's easy and quick to click (on bottom left corner) and it's the icon I keep in the same place on every PC I use, and if someone moves it to a different place I can't operate until it's there where it used to be.
I think I'm addicted to the recycle bin, as I've noticed I actually sometimes go to the desktop just to see if it needs emptying. Oh god, I need help.
Blazkowicz
Legend
I never empty it and it isn't on my desktop. I don't find it useful or interesting.
I shift-del most things except shortcuts, small text files, empty directories etc. where I don't bother with the shift key.
I can still access it with a shortcut I put somewhere, for the occasional time (once a year
) when I might need to restore a file.
I shift-del most things except shortcuts, small text files, empty directories etc. where I don't bother with the shift key.
I can still access it with a shortcut I put somewhere, for the occasional time (once a year
) when I might need to restore a file.I wouldn't mind an option where files in the recycle bin were auto-deleted after an hour.
I've never opened the recycle bin to recover a file. The only times I've used it are some very rare "delete...oops...ctrl-Z" sequences. I assume that ctrl-Z works there because the file is in the recycle bin.
I've never opened the recycle bin to recover a file. The only times I've used it are some very rare "delete...oops...ctrl-Z" sequences. I assume that ctrl-Z works there because the file is in the recycle bin.
I dare someone to make a thread called "How often do you empty your bowels?".
I just use shift + ... err...
I have chronic hard drive space issues because I delete things so rarely. =x
Blazkowicz
Legend
same for me.. but hard drive failures did take care of that (R.I.P. . I've lost everything and my PC only wastes valuable space for now)
Ditto.
