How to securely delete selected files in the Recycle.bin ...

tfwul said:

Thanks a lot Brink! Super.
A note though, with me, nothing seems to be deleted.

Attachment 219092

A lot of things seem to happen.
Sdelete is called on (I had to agree to the terms), taskbar is refreshing, etc.
However, the files are still there.

Assume they ought to be removed from the Recyle.bin?

thanks.

Were any of the files in the Recycle Bin deleted from any other drive letter than "C"?

If so, I will need to create a custom .reg for you to include those drive letters.

Brink said:

Were any of the files in the Recycle Bin deleted from any other drive letter than "C"?

If so, I will need to create a custom .reg for you to include those drive letters.

Thanks Brink,

Ai...!
I overlooked that (adding recycle.bin per drive letter)

Ahum ...
tsk tsk tsk...


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btw cud you guide me how the cmd should read in case of D: and E:
I tried:
a. "C:\\$Recycle.Bin\\*" "D:\\$Recycle.Bin\\*" "E:\\$Recycle.Bin\\*"
b. 3 lines below each other,
"C:\\$Recycle.Bin\\*"
"D:\\$Recycle.Bin\\*"
"E:\\$Recycle.Bin\\*"

(of course including the full cmd line, I simply copied the existing one and changed the drive letter)

a. could not find path
b. does not clear the recycle.bin (deleted files were ex drive D:)

thanks.

@tfwul,

Here's a .reg file that includes C, D, and E drives.

Add_Secure_Delete_to_Recycle_Bin_context_menu.reg

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shell\SecureDelete]
@="Secure Delete"
"NoWorkingDirectory"=""
"Position"="top"
"Icon"="imageres.dll,-5305"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\shell\SecureDelete\command]
@="cmd /c \"sdelete -p 3 -s \"C:\\$Recycle.Bin\\*\" & sdelete -p 3 -s \"D:\\$Recycle.Bin\\*\" & sdelete -p 3 -s \"E:\\$Recycle.Bin\\*\" && taskkill /f /im explorer.exe & start explorer.exe\""