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Change Recycle Bin Settings In Vista

As with most components in Vista, the Recycle Bin can be customized to suit your personal needs. For example, you can increase the size of the Recycle Bin if you frequently delete files and recover files.

Another way that you can customize the Recycle Bin is by turning off the confirmation dialog box. Each time you delete an item, Vista will prompt you to confirm your actions. If you do not want to receive the confirmation, you can turn this feature off.
You can change the settings of the Recycle Bin to suit the way you work.

To turn off the confirmation dialog box when deleting items:

  1. Right click the Recycle Bin and click Properties.
  2. Click the General tab.
  3. Clear the Display delete confirmation dialog option.
  4. Click OK.

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Hi Diana,
I’ve written a small program for backing up source code done with Visual Studio, and I’m wanting to programmatically turn this option off for a few seconds while I delete the Debug and Release folders for the project, without requiring interaction from the user. Any chance you’d know where to look in the registry?

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