Recycle Bin Won't Show Confirmation Dialog...


  1. Posts : 40
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #1

    Recycle Bin Won't Show Confirmation Dialog...


    The Recycle Bin in my copy of Windows 7 x64 won't show the confirmation dialog, even though "Display delete confirmation dialog" is checked. Instead, my files are being permanently deleted. How can I restore the confirmation dialog?

    The problem began after I ran this command:

    rd /s <drive_letter:>\$Recycle.bin

    on all my drives to fix a problem where the Recycle Bin was very slow to empty.
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  2. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello Daddyman,

    You might see if using step 5 in OPTION THREE of the tutorial below will force the Recycle Bin delete confirmation to always be enabled.

    Recycle Bin Delete Confirmation - Turn On or Off

    Hope this helps, :)
    Shawn
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  3. Posts : 40
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thanks for your help.

    Even with the group policy enabled...I still get no confirmation dialog! (It seems that the group policy only affects the ability of users to make a change.)

    Perhaps this will help you solve my problem.

    EDIT: I just now tried to delete and recreate the Recycle Bin, which also made no difference.

    [To delete and re-create: In Safe Mode with Command Prompt I issued -

    attrib -s -h C:\$Recycle.Bin
    del C:\$Recycle.Bin

    and re-started normally.]
    Last edited by Daddyman; 01 May 2013 at 05:20. Reason: New information
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  4. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #4

    As a test, does it do this with other or new user accounts on the PC?
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  5. Posts : 40
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    You sir are a genius.

    I noticed that I get the confirmation dialog with some user accounts, but not with other user accounts. Light bulb!

    The user accounts that don't see the confirmation dialog were moved off the C: drive onto a separate partition. On this separate partition there is no Recycle Bin. In other words, there is no $RECYCLE.BIN folder.

    To put a finer point to it: These user accounts do have a Recycle Bin icon on the desktop, but there is no $RECYCLE.BIN folder in the partition.

    So my real problem is: How do I re-create the Recycle Bin on this partition?

    EDIT: This one was easy: Restart in Safe Mode, un-hide hidden files, delete the $RECYCLE.BIN folder from each partition, re-hide hidden files and re-start Windows normally. Windows recreated perfectly good Recycle Bins on all partitions.
    Last edited by Daddyman; 01 May 2013 at 20:53. Reason: Posted solution!
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  6. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #6

    I'm happy hear to hear that you got it sorted out. Thank you for posting back with your results. :)
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