Tips & Tricks

Frolicking in the Recycle Bin

Here's a few things you can do to make your recycling experience more
enjoyable:

No Confirmations

Ever notice how every time you delete something, Windows asks you if you would really like to do it? If you find yourself shouting "YES, I wouldn't have hit delete if I didn't want to delete the stupid thing," then you may want to disable the deletion confirmation.

To do so, just right-click the Recycle bin, Properties and deselect the checkbox for "Display delete confirmation dialog box".

Recycle Size

By default, the Recycle Bin sucks up 10% of your hard drive. If you have a ten gig hard drive, Windows is setting aside 1 gig just for digital garbage. I have mine set at only 5% (500 meg on a 10 gig hard drive). If you have a hard drive larger than say, 5 gig, I would free up some space by right-clicking your Recycle Bin and moving the little slider to the left. I would set aside 300-500 meg for recycling.

You'll notice that you can also set the computer to bypass the recycle bin and just permanently delete files. I WOULD NOT do this. I've accidentally deleted more than my fair share of files, and I'm embarrassed to admit how often that the Recycle Bin has come to my rescue.

If you do come across a file that just needs to be permanently eliminated, press SHIFT and DELETE. It will be removed without making a stop at the recycle bin first.

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