recycle bin

Apparently I deleted the recycle bin shortcut on the desktop. How can
it be restored? And how can it be viewed in WinExplorer? (I can't
find it!)

Same applies to Windows temporary files. In XP could simply go to
windows/temp in winexplorer and selectively delete entries. In Win7,
it can't be located.
Miles

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:33:40 -0700, Miles wrote:

> Apparently I deleted the recycle bin shortcut on the desktop. How can
> it be restored? And how can it be viewed in WinExplorer? (I can't
> find it!)

Have you tried opening Windows Explorer to C:\, right clicking on the
Recycle Bin in the right-hand pin, and choosing Create Shortcut from the
menu?

Works a charm.

> Same applies to Windows temporary files. In XP could simply go to
> windows/temp in winexplorer and selectively delete entries. In Win7,
> it can't be located.
> Miles

Maybe you meant windows\temp, since forward slash is not a directory
delimiter in Windows.

Right click on My Computer or Computer and choose Properties. Click on
Advanced Properties, then the advanced tab, and look at the Environment
Variables to find out where temp and tmp are. They might differ in the
two windows on the environment variables panel, so look in both places.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:51:28 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:33:40 -0700, Miles wrote:
>
>> Apparently I deleted the recycle bin shortcut on the desktop. How can
>> it be restored? And how can it be viewed in WinExplorer? (I can't
>> find it!)
>
> Have you tried opening Windows Explorer to C:\, right clicking on the
> Recycle Bin in the right-hand pin, and choosing Create Shortcut from the
> menu?

"pin" is a typo for "panel" :-)

> Works a charm.

Or it would, except I left out two important details...

In an Explorer window, click on Organize, choose the View tab, and find
the radio buttons for "Hidden Files and Folders". Choose the button to
Show them. Then a few lines below that, uncheck the option to "Hide
protected operating system files".

Sorry, I sometimes forget that not every one has changed the defaults on
those two.

>> Same applies to Windows temporary files. In XP could simply go to
>> windows/temp in winexplorer and selectively delete entries. In Win7,
>> it can't be located.

BTW, it would have been more accurate to say "In Win7, *I* (i.e.,
Miles) can't locate it". As I showed you below , it *can* be located...

>> Miles
>
> Maybe you meant windows\temp, since forward slash is not a directory
> delimiter in Windows.
>
> Right click on My Computer or Computer and choose Properties. Click on
> Advanced Properties, then the advanced tab, and look at the Environment
> Variables to find out where temp and tmp are. They might differ in the
> two windows on the environment variables panel, so look in both places.

There are other ways to see the environment variables, but too many for
me to wish to list now.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

"Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message
news:1s6xor910t8uk$....

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:51:28 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:

> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:33:40 -0700, Miles wrote:
>
>> Apparently I deleted the recycle bin shortcut on the desktop. How can
>> it be restored? And how can it be viewed in WinExplorer? (I can't
>> find it!)
>
> Have you tried opening Windows Explorer to C:\, right clicking on the
> Recycle Bin in the right-hand pin, and choosing Create Shortcut from the
> menu?

"pin" is a typo for "panel" :-)

> Works a charm.

Or it would, except I left out two important details...

In an Explorer window, click on Organize, choose the View tab, and find
the radio buttons for "Hidden Files and Folders". Choose the button to
Show them. Then a few lines below that, uncheck the option to "Hide
protected operating system files".

Sorry, I sometimes forget that not every one has changed the defaults on
those two.

>> Same applies to Windows temporary files. In XP could simply go to
>> windows/temp in winexplorer and selectively delete entries. In Win7,
>> it can't be located.

BTW, it would have been more accurate to say "In Win7, *I* (i.e.,
Miles) can't locate it". As I showed you below , it *can* be located...

>> Miles
>
> Maybe you meant windows\temp, since forward slash is not a directory
> delimiter in Windows.
>
> Right click on My Computer or Computer and choose Properties. Click on
> Advanced Properties, then the advanced tab, and look at the Environment
> Variables to find out where temp and tmp are. They might differ in the
> two windows on the environment variables panel, so look in both places.

There are other ways to see the environment variables, but too many for
me to wish to list now.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Type "icons" in start. Click "Show or hide..."
Select Recycle Bin
----
Ray

* Gene E. Bloch wrote, On 10-Sep-11 13:51:
> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:33:40 -0700, Miles wrote:
>
>> Apparently I deleted the recycle bin shortcut on the desktop. How can
>> it be restored? And how can it be viewed in WinExplorer? (I can't
>> find it!)
>
> Have you tried opening Windows Explorer to C:\, right clicking on the
> Recycle Bin in the right-hand pin, and choosing Create Shortcut from the
> menu?
>
> Works a charm.
>
>> Same applies to Windows temporary files. In XP could simply go to
>> windows/temp in winexplorer and selectively delete entries. In Win7,
>> it can't be located.
>> Miles
>
> Maybe you meant windows\temp, since forward slash is not a directory
> delimiter in Windows.
>
> Right click on My Computer or Computer and choose Properties. Click on
> Advanced Properties, then the advanced tab, and look at the Environment
> Variables to find out where temp and tmp are. They might differ in the
> two windows on the environment variables panel, so look in both places.
>
In WinExplorer, in the right hand pane of C drive there is no
mention of recycle bin. Nor in C:/windows. And search does nothing.
However a few weeks ago looking for it I added to the start menu -
"Recycle Bin-R-Clk to Open". Doing that and clicking Open, does open
it and the contents are seen in the right pane. But still have no
idea where it is or how to restore a shortcut to the desktop that
could be moved to the start menu. (if it's in C drive, want to clean
it up before making an image.)

And thanks for the path to Temp -- I see that it's not in C drive, so
presumably don't need to empty it prior to making an image of C -- or
perhaps never cleaning it up as long as there is disk space.

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:14:24 -0700, Ray wrote:

> "Gene E. Bloch" wrote in message
> news:1s6xor910t8uk$....
>
> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:51:28 -0700, Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:33:40 -0700, Miles wrote:
>>
>>> Apparently I deleted the recycle bin shortcut on the desktop. How can
>>> it be restored? And how can it be viewed in WinExplorer? (I can't
>>> find it!)
>>
>> Have you tried opening Windows Explorer to C:\, right clicking on the
>> Recycle Bin in the right-hand pin, and choosing Create Shortcut from the
>> menu?
>
> "pin" is a typo for "panel" :-)
>
>> Works a charm.
>
> Or it would, except I left out two important details...
>
> In an Explorer window, click on Organize, choose the View tab, and find
> the radio buttons for "Hidden Files and Folders". Choose the button to
> Show them. Then a few lines below that, uncheck the option to "Hide
> protected operating system files".
>
> Sorry, I sometimes forget that not every one has changed the defaults on
> those two.
>
>>> Same applies to Windows temporary files. In XP could simply go to
>>> windows/temp in winexplorer and selectively delete entries. In Win7,
>>> it can't be located.
>
> BTW, it would have been more accurate to say "In Win7, *I* (i.e.,
> Miles) can't locate it". As I showed you below , it *can* be located...
>
>>> Miles
>>
>> Maybe you meant windows\temp, since forward slash is not a directory
>> delimiter in Windows.
>>
>> Right click on My Computer or Computer and choose Properties. Click on
>> Advanced Properties, then the advanced tab, and look at the Environment
>> Variables to find out where temp and tmp are. They might differ in the
>> two windows on the environment variables panel, so look in both places.
>
> There are other ways to see the environment variables, but too many for
> me to wish to list now.

Consider typing your reply above the sig delimiter ("--space newline")
so that it doesn't get hidden.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:25:26 -0700, Miles wrote:

> * Gene E. Bloch wrote, On 10-Sep-11 13:51:
>> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:33:40 -0700, Miles wrote:
>>
>>> Apparently I deleted the recycle bin shortcut on the desktop. How can
>>> it be restored? And how can it be viewed in WinExplorer? (I can't
>>> find it!)
>>
>> Have you tried opening Windows Explorer to C:\, right clicking on the
>> Recycle Bin in the right-hand pin, and choosing Create Shortcut from the
>> menu?
>>
>> Works a charm.
>>
>>> Same applies to Windows temporary files. In XP could simply go to
>>> windows/temp in winexplorer and selectively delete entries. In Win7,
>>> it can't be located.
>>> Miles
>>
>> Maybe you meant windows\temp, since forward slash is not a directory
>> delimiter in Windows.
>>
>> Right click on My Computer or Computer and choose Properties. Click on
>> Advanced Properties, then the advanced tab, and look at the Environment
>> Variables to find out where temp and tmp are. They might differ in the
>> two windows on the environment variables panel, so look in both places.
>>
> In WinExplorer, in the right hand pane of C drive there is no
> mention of recycle bin. Nor in C:/windows. And search does nothing.

Read my second post...

> However a few weeks ago looking for it I added to the start menu -
> "Recycle Bin-R-Clk to Open". Doing that and clicking Open, does open
> it and the contents are seen in the right pane. But still have no
> idea where it is or how to restore a shortcut to the desktop that
> could be moved to the start menu. (if it's in C drive, want to clean
> it up before making an image.)
>
> And thanks for the path to Temp -- I see that it's not in C drive, so
> presumably don't need to empty it prior to making an image of C -- or
> perhaps never cleaning it up as long as there is disk space.

Temp *is* in the C drive in most instances, and I doubt that your system
is an exception.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

* Gene E. Bloch wrote, On 10-Sep-11 14:30:
> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:25:26 -0700, Miles wrote:
>
>> * Gene E. Bloch wrote, On 10-Sep-11 13:51:
>>> On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:33:40 -0700, Miles wrote:
>>>
>>>> Apparently I deleted the recycle bin shortcut on the desktop. How can
>>>> it be restored? And how can it be viewed in WinExplorer? (I can't
>>>> find it!)
>>>
>>> Have you tried opening Windows Explorer to C:\, right clicking on the
>>> Recycle Bin in the right-hand pin, and choosing Create Shortcut from the
>>> menu?
>>>
>>> Works a charm.
>>>
>>>> Same applies to Windows temporary files. In XP could simply go to
>>>> windows/temp in winexplorer and selectively delete entries. In Win7,
>>>> it can't be located.
>>>> Miles
>>>
>>> Maybe you meant windows\temp, since forward slash is not a directory
>>> delimiter in Windows.
>>>
>>> Right click on My Computer or Computer and choose Properties. Click on
>>> Advanced Properties, then the advanced tab, and look at the Environment
>>> Variables to find out where temp and tmp are. They might differ in the
>>> two windows on the environment variables panel, so look in both places.
>>>
>> In WinExplorer, in the right hand pane of C drive there is no
>> mention of recycle bin. Nor in C:/windows. And search does nothing.
>
> Read my second post...
>
>> However a few weeks ago looking for it I added to the start menu -
>> "Recycle Bin-R-Clk to Open". Doing that and clicking Open, does open
>> it and the contents are seen in the right pane. But still have no
>> idea where it is or how to restore a shortcut to the desktop that
>> could be moved to the start menu. (if it's in C drive, want to clean
>> it up before making an image.)
>>
>> And thanks for the path to Temp -- I see that it's not in C drive, so
>> presumably don't need to empty it prior to making an image of C -- or
>> perhaps never cleaning it up as long as there is disk space.
>
> Temp *is* in the C drive in most instances, and I doubt that your system
> is an exception.
>
Reference was to the recycle bin, not the temp folder.

And I found the recycle bin at the bottom of WinExpl, but right click
doesn't contain anything as to creating a shortcut. Opened it in a
new window and right click and placed shortcut in start menu & now
have it at the top of the start menu in the "preserved" section. That
makes it easier to find & without desktop clutter.

Also find reference to recycle bin in Send To Toys, but it does nothing!

Recycle-Bin view
1. R-Click desktop, Personalize, Change Desktop Icons.
2. Look at the bottom of the "Navigation" or "Folder" panel (left pane)


On 9/10/2011 15:33, Miles wrote:
> Apparently I deleted the recycle bin shortcut on the desktop. How can it
> be restored? And how can it be viewed in WinExplorer? (I can't find it!)
>
> Same applies to Windows temporary files. In XP could simply go to
> windows/temp in winexplorer and selectively delete entries. In Win7, it
> can't be located.
> Miles

"Miles" <> wrote:

> Apparently I deleted the recycle bin shortcut on the desktop. How can it
> be restored? And how can it be viewed in WinExplorer? (I can't find it!)

The Recycle bin, among other possible residents of the desktop, is a
creation of Explorer and not a direct link to the folder.

Right-click an unoccupied space on the Desktop; left-click the "Personalize"
item from the context menu. (It's the last line)

In the Personalization window, in the left-hand (navigation) column
left-click "Change desktop icons" to open the Desktop Icon Settings dialog.

In Desktop Icon Settings there are checkboxes for Computer, User's Files,
Network, Recycle Bin, and Control Panel. Adjust the settings as desired,
click OK, and close the Personalization dialog.


> Same applies to Windows temporary files. In XP could simply go to
> windows/temp in winexplorer and selectively delete entries. In Win7, it
> can't be located.

Are you sure that the folder C:\WINDOWS\TEMP exists? Why?

If you are certain that the folder exists, what are its base attributes
(SYSTEM, HIDDEN, READONY)? Open an elevated command prompt window, navigate
to C:\WINDOWS, and use the ATTRIB command to look at the attribute settings
for TEMP. What are they?

And consider the question of what application is placing files in a global
"TEMP" folder and not in the one that's associated with each user profile.
WinXP introduced the private temporary folder in 2001 but there are still
user-level applications that insist on using the (insecure) global folder.


Joe