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More info?)
On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 18:05:26 +0100, Dehlia wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 10:41:33 -0500, Sharon F <sharonfDEL@ETEmvps.org>
> wrote:
>
>>When your drives are formatted NTFS, Windows Explorer shows the recycle bin
>>folder as "Recycler." "Recycled" if using Fat32.
>>
>>Set Folder Options> View to show hidden files/folder and to show system
>>protected files. Then when you peek into Recycler you'll see your unique ID
>>number. The files that your account has deleted are tracked by that number.
>>If there are other users on the system, you will see numbers for them as
>>well.
>>
>>Use the Recycle Bin interface to manage the bin instead of the Recycler
>>folder.
>
> Ah, at last I see the light! thank you. You're right, I have two ID
> numbers in Recycler (we are two users). Then would it be possible to
> look inside each of these ID folders to find out which files have been
> dumped by which user ? I've tried to peek into my ID by using *cmd*
> but I don't seem to be able to.
You're welcome! I'm sure there's someway to get into it but I've never
bothered. Each item in a user's subsection will be guarded by whatever
permissions apply to the deleted files or folders. So once you're in, you
may still have to claim ownership to look over a list of ... well, garbage
files. Instead, log on to their account (reset their password if you have
to) and look in their bin. Much easier.
--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User