Has anyone else ever found some cryptically-named super super hidden
directories/files within $RECYCLE.BIN? I discovered that even empty
Recycling Bins contain deleted files. I was using 7-zip's File Browser
instead of Explorer which doesn't ever show them. (yes, of course I have
it set to show hidden, superhidden, and system files. I also gave myself
full rights of $RECYCLE.BIN using the built-in Administrator account,
just in case.) There's a bunch of deleted files I thought I deleted for
good and some 0-byte files called fileassociations.log in various
$RXXXXXX directories. When I try to delete these, Windows can't find
them. Because I'm OCD, I just had to delete these for real real (I know
they can still be recovered, but I don't want to see them if I'm not
using forensic software. 7-zip is not.) so I took Vista offline, booted
into a Linux CD and deleted from there.... it worked and now there gone
but Vista now says "The Recycling Bin on C:\ is corrupted. Do you want
to empty the Recycling Bin for this drive?" whenever I open the Bin or
start Windows... I don't really care about fixing this (I have plenty of
backup images) but I am curious.
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r0cket
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