Block Emptying the Recycle Bin

[Guest]

I know the answer is no, but I'll ask anyway....

Is there a way to block someone from emptying the recycle bin? I have my
students create folders on a shared computer and I am afraid of sabotage. I
could care less if they delete the files, I just don't want them to go away
when the recycle bin is emptied.

Anyone ever try this before and have it work?

 

[Poprivet]

I know the answer is no, but I'll ask anyway....

Is there a way to block someone from emptying the recycle bin? I
have my students create folders on a shared computer and I am afraid
of sabotage. I could care less if they delete the files, I just
don't want them to go away when the recycle bin is emptied.

Anyone ever try this before and have it work?

 

[Guest]

There are many things you keep your students from doing - type gpedit.msc in
the "run" box and use "administrative templates. Learn more about this tool
in "help". You will love it.
Take Care

 

[Donald McDaniel]

I know the answer is no, but I'll ask anyway....

Is there a way to block someone from emptying the recycle bin? I have my
students create folders on a shared computer and I am afraid of sabotage. I
could care less if they delete the files, I just don't want them to go away
when the recycle bin is emptied.

Anyone ever try this before and have it work?

Using the Recycle Bin as a Network "scratch" folder is not really a good idea
in the first place. One should never use the Recycle Bin to store files he
wants to later examine. The purpose of the Trash can is to get rid of useless
crap.

Why not just create a "scratch" folder somewhere off-net and secretly filter a
copy of all your students' work there?

But in my opinion, such behavior on the part of an instructer is extremely
intrusive, and is much like"spying" on others in the bathroom. Personally, I
believe you should set their Recycle Bins to NEVER save files. The FBI and
other law enforce agencies all have much more powerful file restoration
utilities if they ever need to investigate one or more students anyway. You
should never publically accuse a student with what you perceive as criminal
behavior without much more evidence than a few deleted files anyway. We delete
files for other reasons than criminal ones, after all.

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Donald L McDaniel
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[Guest]

I tried a lot but didn't come up with any solution to "Disable Empty Recycle
Bin Option". However, there is a trick you can use for safety. What if you
just hide the Recycle Bin from Desktop. That way no one will be able to clear
it. Later, you can make it available by just checking an option. See how:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/honeycutt_02september16.mspx

Hope this may of any help, let us know!