Folder Redirection & Recycle Bin
People who are using Folder Redirection, what are ya'll doing about the redirected recycle bin? Do ya'll just accept that n% of space is going to be wasted by the users redirected recycle bins or is there another option? I found this link http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/itprovistasetup/thread/ae07d8be-2339-4522-a3f5-2417c4858f8f/ at the forum here but it does not appear to work for me. I've read that you can force the recycle bin to take at little as 1% of the volume where the documents are redirected to but this is still a alot of wasted storage space. Any suggestions/recommendations are appreicated.
Answers
- If you redirect "My Documents" Recycle Bin can become an issue (wasting tons of expensive server disk space).
You can control Recycle Bin behavior with this key:
"HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket\@
NukeOnDelete=1
would disable usage of RecycleBin for Redirected Folders. I recommended to do this.
You can create a ADM/ADMX template to offer it via GPEDIT.
Usually other techniques are available on the server to ensure file backups are available and can be restored (e.g. ShadowCopy).
Patrick- Marked As Answer byMervyn ZhangMSFT, ModeratorMonday, November 09, 2009 8:41 AM
- The same NukeOnDelete key can also be used on subkeys of BitBucket (I've seen it as Known Folders or Volume) allowing you to turn off the behavior for specific folders rather than for the computer. The folder names are GUIDs so some experimentation might be required to find the correct one but the GUIDs are consistent from computer to computer.Guy
- Marked As Answer byMervyn ZhangMSFT, ModeratorMonday, November 09, 2009 8:41 AM
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- Hi,
Recycle Bin is not part of Roaming Profile and will not be stored on server.
Thanks.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. - If you redirect "My Documents" Recycle Bin can become an issue (wasting tons of expensive server disk space).
You can control Recycle Bin behavior with this key:
"HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket\@
NukeOnDelete=1
would disable usage of RecycleBin for Redirected Folders. I recommended to do this.
You can create a ADM/ADMX template to offer it via GPEDIT.
Usually other techniques are available on the server to ensure file backups are available and can be restored (e.g. ShadowCopy).
Patrick- Marked As Answer byMervyn ZhangMSFT, ModeratorMonday, November 09, 2009 8:41 AM
- The same NukeOnDelete key can also be used on subkeys of BitBucket (I've seen it as Known Folders or Volume) allowing you to turn off the behavior for specific folders rather than for the computer. The folder names are GUIDs so some experimentation might be required to find the correct one but the GUIDs are consistent from computer to computer.Guy
- Marked As Answer byMervyn ZhangMSFT, ModeratorMonday, November 09, 2009 8:41 AM
- This NukeOnDelete key is really nice. However, I bring forth another conundrum... After redirecting My Documents, the user will have two Recycle Bins - one for local files, the other for redirected files. When the user browses to the Recycle Bin it automatically loads the redirected My Documents, but I can't find out how to access the local Recycle Bin. I understand that the local Recycle Bin is C:\Recycler, but it directory always appears empty. I know in the ideal environment, users shouldn't have access to delete files from the local system. There must be a way to allow the user to access the local Recycle Bin after redirecting My Documents (other than disabling the redirection and log out/in)...
Suggestions anyone?
