Why Do I Need Administrative Privileges To Empty Recycle Bin?


FreeBooter said:
Give the Recycle Bin a pass and delete files right away with a custom "Permanently Delete" option in the Windows 10 or Windows 11 context menu.
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I like the location of it in the context menu. It's in-between two options I never use. The delete option is right next to the rename option and I'm constantly hitting delete by mistake.
 

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Winuser said:
I like the location of it in the context menu. It's in-between two options I never use. The delete option is right next to the rename option and I'm constantly hitting delete by mistake.
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It use to be that you just held down the shift key and delete on any file or folder you want permanently deleted and to skip the RB.
 

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antspants said:
It use to be that you just held down the shift key and delete on any file or folder you want permanently deleted and to skip the RB.
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Still does...

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antspants said:
O… M… G you win
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It looks stupid, I know..., but, it's cuz I put all entries in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT so I have all frequently used choices top, front and center, no matter what object I right click on!
Open with... sub-menus drive me nuts, especially when working with hundreds of objects in one sitting! Too easy for a miss-click!
 

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antspants said:
It use to be that you just held down the shift key and delete on any file or folder you want permanently deleted and to skip the RB.
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It still works. That's how I permanently delete files. I'm working on a project that requires me to rename files. I find it way to easy to hit delete instead of rename when in a hurry.
 

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Edwin said:
It looks stupid, I know..., but, it's cuz I put all entries in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT so I have all frequently used choices top, front and center, no matter what object I right click on!
Open with... sub-menus drive me nuts, especially when working with hundreds of objects in one sitting! Too easy for a miss-click!
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I bookmarked your process somewhere. I think I emailed the link to myself.
 

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Anyway..., drifting back to the OP's issue...,
The only time I ever have to give Admin Permission to empty the Recycle Bin is, for example, if I have certain temp folder or %temp% folder objects in there.
 

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LesFerch said:
You should only get a UAC prompt when you move a file from a protected folder to the Recycle bin. You should not get a UAC prompt to empty the Recycle bin, regardless of where the file originated. Can you please post a screenshot of what you're seeing?
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Hi LesFerch: As soon as the message reappears, I'll grab a screenshot. Recently, the message haven't showed up.
 

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Edwin said:
The only time I ever have to give Admin Permission to empty the Recycle Bin is, for example, if I have certain temp folder or %temp% folder objects in there.
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Thanks Edwin.
 

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Bree said:
View attachment 92763
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That reminds me of a bug I saw with Windows 98 SE, (IIRC, it was on 9x) where it lets me delete the file or directory, but reports access denied when requesting to empty the recycle bin, LOL! 🤣 It would only happen for the recycle bin, suspect Windows Explorer bug in Windows 95 and Windows 98, in my case.
 

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LesFerch said:
You should only get a UAC prompt when you move a file from a protected folder to the Recycle bin. You should not get a UAC prompt to empty the Recycle bin, regardless of where the file originated. Can you please post a screenshot of what you're seeing?
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Correction on this. As @Bree demonstrated in #3, there are scenarios where you will get a UAC prompt to empty the Recycle bin. When I tested with a folder in C:\Windows\System32 (which also contained a file) I did not get a UAC prompt to empty the Recycle bin, but I was able to replicate the prompt using @Bree's $WinREAgent example.

@JACKSPRATNYC With what folder did you get the UAC prompt when emptying the Recycle Bin?
 

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RJARRRPCGP said:
That reminds me of a bug I saw with Windows 98 SE, (IIRC, it was on 9x) where it lets me delete the file or directory, but reports access denied when requesting to empty the recycle bin, LOL! 🤣 It would only happen for the recycle bin, suspect Windows Explorer bug in Windows 95 and Windows 98, in my case.
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If it's like the very old Windows 95/98 bug, you need to terminate explorer.exe and restart Windows Explorer.
 

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pseymour said:
But Shift-Del, or holding Shift while clicking Delete on the context menu, works on every machine you go to. If you log into dozens of machines a day, it helps to know native ways to do things.
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Sounds like words from a Computer Tech! Eh?
You can't change every computer you come in contact with.
And, that's why I use a lot of DOS Batch files, that will run on EVERY Windows PC, everywhere. And they never have to be installed Into Windows.

Cheers Mates!
TM :cool:
 

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Tip of the day:

One of the first ten things I do to any new install of Windows (any version) is to disable UAC. That makes the following efforts, like installing software, a lot simpler. After all, it's MY Computer and I don't need some UAC bugging me.

In fact, with many of the After Market versions of Windows, that I've experimented with, things like UAC have already been disabled. That makes for a very Clean, Lean and Mean PC. And FAST, too!!!
 
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TechnoMage2021 said:
Sounds like words from a Computer Tech! Eh?
You can't change every computer you come in contact with.
And, that's why I use a lot of DOS Batch files, that will run on EVERY Windows PC, everywhere. And they never have to be installed Into Windows.

Cheers Mates!
TM :cool:
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I was a tech in the late 90s, then I moved into administration, then software development, then on to bossing people around. :)
 

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TechnoMage2021 said:
One of the first ten things I do to any new install of Windows (any version) is to disable UAC. That makes the following efforts, like installing software, a lot simpler. After all, it's MY Computer and I don't need some UAC bugging me.
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Same here. UAC is extremely annoying -- especially when you're installing software that you have previously vetted.
 

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