-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Recycle bin
- From: mihir <mihirgk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 10:42:25 +0530
Dear Troth,
Thanks for your mail. I could create a Zip Folder on my desktop but how
do I modify my Send To menu to include this Zip folder. Can you pl.
advice.
Regards,
Mihir
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From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ~OoO~
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 9:52 PM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Recycle bin
Some time ago, I used to use my own self-created recycle bin. Very
simple to do, and can almost create the type of recycle bin you mention
Don. On your desktop, you create a zip archive. Right-click the desktop,
NEW, ZIP ARCHIVE. Name it what you like, I named it RECYCLE.ZIP. Then,
when you want to dump something, you can just drag it to this icon, and
Windows automatically drops it into the zip archive just like a recycle
bin. By making this a zip file, anything dropped in there is zipped, so
it also saves more space than using the standard recycle bin. You can
also create a shortcut to that recycle.zip file. And, then you modify
your right-click context menu to include in its SEND TO option the zip
file you just created. Now, anything you want deleted, you can
right-click, and SEND TO RECYCLE.ZIP. Works just like a recycle bin and
you can also double-click it and open it like a standard folder if
you're using XP or have any of the zip tools installed. Now, you can
keep what you want, and technically go in there and manually delete
things you know you won't need.
If anyone wants specific instructions on how to set this up, ask and I
shall tell.
:o)
---Troth
-----Original Message-----
From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:16 AM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Recycle bin
With all this talk about deleting files that should not be deleted... It
is at least theortically possible to delete a required file and not know
about it for days, weeks or even months... depending on what program
uses it and how often you use the program.
That begs the question... how long should you save the recycle bin
before you empty it? A few days? A few weeks? a few months?
It would probably be a better idea to archive the recycle bin... move
all the files to a DVD or CD. Unfortunately, that is not an option in
the context menu.
Of course, backups achieve basically the same function, but imagine
being able to right click on the recycle bin and select "Archive to:" in
much the same way as you can "Send To:" in Windows Explorer.
This would be extremely useful when you did not know the name of the
file that needs to be restored and you have to use trial and error to
find it. Or, if it was created and deleted between backups.
Don
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