There are two options. Bin and the other is scripting cleanmgr. Bin and Windows should re-create the necessary folders the next time that they are needed. I just tested this quickly and it appears to work, but -obviously- proceed with caution. You can do this with the Disk Cleanup tool cleanmgr.
Unfortunately, Microsoft decided to bundle this with the "Desktop Experience" set of features, meaning you'll have to install a bunch of other crap and reboot. The alternative is to grab the following two files and move them to the specified locations per Technet :.
It's not the cleanest thing, but it will work. The linked article is for XP, but the syntax is unchanged as of Server R2.
I don't think there is a proper way documented as the recycle bins for users are kept separate in their profiles; this would also be a security hazard to allow because documents or items in the recycle bin, if perused by users, could allow certain documents to be leaked. It might be possible to script an administrator-privileged script to run and clear files from the trash of each local profile but that might still be synced to the server holding your profiles if you have roaming profiles.
But you need to have permissions and ownership properly set; I know on our servers Administrator does not have proper access to profiles on the storage server; administrator has to take ownership of the profile, and when we're done return ownership to the proper user or else profiles don't work properly for them anymore. You could try running a process at logoff that clears the trash directory per user, but that also entails accidentally deleting something that they want to recover later and will now be gone since it was deleted at last logoff.
Probably the "proper" way to do it is to configure quotas on workstations and servers and when that quota is hit for storage, the user learns they have to delete items from the recycle bin. Because of security it would be a training issue. Otherwise you'd need a workaround. The only other problem I'd worry about in using it is that it might have to be run on a workstation and on the server or you might have profile syncing issues with what appears where.
It looks like it's supposed to be just a mini-tool for accessing the "disk cleanup" tab in Windows. Another thought I would classify this as a monumentally Bad Idea tm , however. Then you'd delete their files from that shared directory. Linking this over the network, security setup, etc. I ran TreeSize Free and saw I had 15gigs in the Recycle Bin, but I couldn't see it, probably because it was done by a long departed user.
It will remove the recycle. Might no be the most elegant code and there may well be a better way to do it but it will help free up space on a congested server.
You can test it using the -WhatIf switch on the Remove-Item command. NB: Each drive maintains its own recycle bin; so you'd want to replace the drive letter with whichever drive you're running this command for, or you can use the following for all local drives:.
I had a recycle bin that was showing over 4GB of data but I was unable to clear it. Went in and found a bunch of profiles that were no longer used on the server and removed them under system properties - Advanced - User Profiles and now the recycle bin is empty. Obviously don't delete any accounts that are still current or in use but as an administrator, you can do it this way.
So this will be the final command i would use instead:. Brett Johnson. How to Fix Corrupted Recycle Bin? Double-click the downloaded file and follow the instructions to install the tool on your computer. Choose Full scan and click the Scan now button. Click the System Restore button in the System Properties window. Click the Next button, select your restore point, and click Next again.
Confirm your restore point by clicking the Finish button. Close Command Prompt and restart your computer. Click Appearance and Personalization. Select the Show hidden files and folders option under File Explorer Options or its equivalent on earlier versions of Windows.
Select Show hidden files and folders under Advanced Settings. Delete the content of the folder. Restart your computer. Download and install Disk Drill. Launch the application and select the storage device whose Recycle Bin folder has become corrupted.
Click the Search for lost data button and give Disk Drill some time to find all deleted files that are still recoverable. Click the Restore button and specify the recovery location.
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