Mystery Folders and Files

[Guest]

I can't rest till I find the answer to little mysteries like this. I recently
installed Linux in a dual boot with Windows XP Home SP2. In my Linux folder
/home there is a folder named /Recycled. I don't believe it was there
originally after I installed Linux. It contains two files: desktop.ini and
INFO2. Desktop.ini is of course a Windows system file. It contains two lines
of text: [.ShellClassInfo] and CLSID={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}.
In Linux I did a search in the main Windows directory (C for a file
containing that text and found three, all in a different subfolder of
C:\recycler, each subfolder representing individual users. The CLSID number
does represent the recycle bin in the registry. I suspect that the folder
/home/Recycled in the Linux partition might have been installed by Windows
after I installed a small utility to permit me to mount and access my Linux
directories in Windows with drive letters. The mystery is that I cannot find
those desktop.ini files in the subfolders of C:\Recycler from Windows. I have
enabled viewing hidden folders and system folders, and I can see desktop.ini
files in other folders. The files in question are plain to see when I open
the folders in Linux. Is there a folder/file type in Windows which is
super-hidden? And if Windows created this folder, why is it named "Recycled"
instead of "RECYCLER?" Thanks.

Buck

 

[Wesley Vogel]

[.ShellClassInfo]
CLSID={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

is from the desktop.ini file from
%systemdrive%\RECYCLER\Your SID #

S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003 is MY SID #.

This pasted in Start | Run opens the desktop.ini file....

C:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003\desktop.ini

That is the only way I know how to find and open that particular desktop.ini
file.

When you delete a file, the complete path and file name is stored in a
hidden file called Info2.

This pasted in Start | Run...

C:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003\INFO2

will open the Open With applet that you can then use to select Notepad to
open the INFO2 file if you so desire.

From my INFO2 file...
C:\Documents and Settings\Wesley P. Vogel\Desktop\avipurge.vbs

C : \ D o c u m e n t s a n d S e t t i n g s \ W e s l e y P . V o
g e l \ D e s k t o p \ a v i p u r g e . v b s

C:\Documents and Settings\Wesley P. Vogel\Desktop\avisearchrestore.reg

C : \ D o c u m e n t s a n d S e t t i n g s \ W e s l e y P . V o
g e l \ D e s k t o p \ a v i s e a r c h r e s t o r e . r e g

Those are the two items that I have in my recycle Bin right now.

I know nothing about Linux.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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I can't rest till I find the answer to little mysteries like this. I
recently installed Linux in a dual boot with Windows XP Home SP2. In my
Linux folder /home there is a folder named /Recycled. I don't believe it
was there originally after I installed Linux. It contains two files:
desktop.ini and INFO2. Desktop.ini is of course a Windows system file. It
contains two lines of text: [.ShellClassInfo] and
CLSID={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}. In Linux I did a search in
the main Windows directory (C for a file containing that text and found
three, all in a different subfolder of C:\recycler, each subfolder
representing individual users. The CLSID number does represent the
recycle bin in the registry. I suspect that the folder /home/Recycled in
the Linux partition might have been installed by Windows after I
installed a small utility to permit me to mount and access my Linux
directories in Windows with drive letters. The mystery is that I cannot
find those desktop.ini files in the subfolders of C:\Recycler from
Windows. I have enabled viewing hidden folders and system folders, and I
can see desktop.ini files in other folders. The files in question are
plain to see when I open the folders in Linux. Is there a folder/file
type in Windows which is super-hidden? And if Windows created this
folder, why is it named "Recycled" instead of "RECYCLER?" Thanks.

Buck

 

[Guest]

Mr. Vogel:

That helps a great deal--it was just what I wanted to know. It's pretty
clear that, as I suspected, Windows created that folder and its files on my
Linux partition. I'm curious to know why it is named "Recycled" instead of
"RECYCLER." An old laptop of mine running XP with no Service Packs has the
folder named "Recycled" also.

Thank you very much for your enlightening answer.

Buck

[.ShellClassInfo]
CLSID={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

is from the desktop.ini file from
%systemdrive%\RECYCLER\Your SID #

S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003 is MY SID #.

This pasted in Start | Run opens the desktop.ini file....

C:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003\desktop.ini

That is the only way I know how to find and open that particular desktop.ini
file.

When you delete a file, the complete path and file name is stored in a
hidden file called Info2.

This pasted in Start | Run...

C:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003\INFO2

will open the Open With applet that you can then use to select Notepad to
open the INFO2 file if you so desire.

From my INFO2 file...
C:\Documents and Settings\Wesley P. Vogel\Desktop\avipurge.vbs

C : \ D o c u m e n t s a n d S e t t i n g s \ W e s l e y P . V o
g e l \ D e s k t o p \ a v i p u r g e . v b s

C:\Documents and Settings\Wesley P. Vogel\Desktop\avisearchrestore.reg

C : \ D o c u m e n t s a n d S e t t i n g s \ W e s l e y P . V o
g e l \ D e s k t o p \ a v i s e a r c h r e s t o r e . r e g

Those are the two items that I have in my recycle Bin right now.

I know nothing about Linux.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I can't rest till I find the answer to little mysteries like this. I
recently installed Linux in a dual boot with Windows XP Home SP2. In my
Linux folder /home there is a folder named /Recycled. I don't believe it
was there originally after I installed Linux. It contains two files:
desktop.ini and INFO2. Desktop.ini is of course a Windows system file. It
contains two lines of text: [.ShellClassInfo] and
CLSID={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}. In Linux I did a search in
the main Windows directory (C for a file containing that text and found
three, all in a different subfolder of C:\recycler, each subfolder
representing individual users. The CLSID number does represent the
recycle bin in the registry. I suspect that the folder /home/Recycled in
the Linux partition might have been installed by Windows after I
installed a small utility to permit me to mount and access my Linux
directories in Windows with drive letters. The mystery is that I cannot
find those desktop.ini files in the subfolders of C:\Recycler from
Windows. I have enabled viewing hidden folders and system folders, and I
can see desktop.ini files in other folders. The files in question are
plain to see when I open the folders in Linux. Is there a folder/file
type in Windows which is super-hidden? And if Windows created this
folder, why is it named "Recycled" instead of "RECYCLER?" Thanks.

Buck

 

[Guest]

It also seems a little curious that Windows did not hide the folder Recycled.
Far from being "super-hidden", it isn't hidden at all.

Buck

[.ShellClassInfo]
CLSID={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

is from the desktop.ini file from
%systemdrive%\RECYCLER\Your SID #

S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003 is MY SID #.

This pasted in Start | Run opens the desktop.ini file....

C:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003\desktop.ini

That is the only way I know how to find and open that particular desktop.ini
file.

When you delete a file, the complete path and file name is stored in a
hidden file called Info2.

This pasted in Start | Run...

C:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003\INFO2

will open the Open With applet that you can then use to select Notepad to
open the INFO2 file if you so desire.

From my INFO2 file...
C:\Documents and Settings\Wesley P. Vogel\Desktop\avipurge.vbs

C : \ D o c u m e n t s a n d S e t t i n g s \ W e s l e y P . V o
g e l \ D e s k t o p \ a v i p u r g e . v b s

C:\Documents and Settings\Wesley P. Vogel\Desktop\avisearchrestore.reg

C : \ D o c u m e n t s a n d S e t t i n g s \ W e s l e y P . V o
g e l \ D e s k t o p \ a v i s e a r c h r e s t o r e . r e g

Those are the two items that I have in my recycle Bin right now.

I know nothing about Linux.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I can't rest till I find the answer to little mysteries like this. I
recently installed Linux in a dual boot with Windows XP Home SP2. In my
Linux folder /home there is a folder named /Recycled. I don't believe it
was there originally after I installed Linux. It contains two files:
desktop.ini and INFO2. Desktop.ini is of course a Windows system file. It
contains two lines of text: [.ShellClassInfo] and
CLSID={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}. In Linux I did a search in
the main Windows directory (C for a file containing that text and found
three, all in a different subfolder of C:\recycler, each subfolder
representing individual users. The CLSID number does represent the
recycle bin in the registry. I suspect that the folder /home/Recycled in
the Linux partition might have been installed by Windows after I
installed a small utility to permit me to mount and access my Linux
directories in Windows with drive letters. The mystery is that I cannot
find those desktop.ini files in the subfolders of C:\Recycler from
Windows. I have enabled viewing hidden folders and system folders, and I
can see desktop.ini files in other folders. The files in question are
plain to see when I open the folders in Linux. Is there a folder/file
type in Windows which is super-hidden? And if Windows created this
folder, why is it named "Recycled" instead of "RECYCLER?" Thanks.

Buck

 

[Pop`]

I can't rest till I find the answer to little mysteries like this. I
recently installed Linux in a dual boot with Windows XP Home SP2. In
my Linux folder /home there is a folder named /Recycled. I don't
believe it was there originally after I installed Linux. It contains
two files: desktop.ini and INFO2. Desktop.ini is of course a Windows
system file. It contains two lines of text: [.ShellClassInfo] and
CLSID={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}. In Linux I did a search
in the main Windows directory (C for a file containing that text
and found three, all in a different subfolder of C:\recycler, each
subfolder representing individual users. The CLSID number does
represent the recycle bin in the registry. I suspect that the folder
/home/Recycled in the Linux partition might have been installed by
Windows after I installed a small utility to permit me to mount and
access my Linux directories in Windows with drive letters. The
mystery is that I cannot find those desktop.ini files in the
subfolders of C:\Recycler from Windows. I have enabled viewing hidden
folders and system folders, and I can see desktop.ini files in other
folders. The files in question are plain to see when I open the
folders in Linux. Is there a folder/file type in Windows which is
super-hidden? And if Windows created this folder, why is it named
"Recycled" instead of "RECYCLER?" Thanks.

Buck

Read windows Help.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Mr. Buck,

my Linux partition. I'm curious to know why it is named "Recycled"
instead of "RECYCLER."

The RECYCLER folder is used only on NTFS formatted drives. If drive is
formatted FAT32 the RECYCLED folder is used.

Right click the drive in Windows Explorer or My Computer, click Properties
and on the General tab, near the top it will display the file system.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Mr. Vogel:

That helps a great deal--it was just what I wanted to know. It's pretty
clear that, as I suspected, Windows created that folder and its files on
my Linux partition. I'm curious to know why it is named "Recycled"
instead of "RECYCLER." An old laptop of mine running XP with no Service
Packs has the folder named "Recycled" also.

Thank you very much for your enlightening answer.

Buck

[.ShellClassInfo]
CLSID={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

is from the desktop.ini file from
%systemdrive%\RECYCLER\Your SID #

S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003 is MY SID #.

This pasted in Start | Run opens the desktop.ini file....

C:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003\desktop.ini

That is the only way I know how to find and open that particular
desktop.ini file.

When you delete a file, the complete path and file name is stored in a
hidden file called Info2.

This pasted in Start | Run...

C:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003\INFO2

will open the Open With applet that you can then use to select Notepad to
open the INFO2 file if you so desire.

From my INFO2 file...
C:\Documents and Settings\Wesley P. Vogel\Desktop\avipurge.vbs

C : \ D o c u m e n t s a n d S e t t i n g s \ W e s l e y P .
V o g e l \ D e s k t o p \ a v i p u r g e . v b s

C:\Documents and Settings\Wesley P. Vogel\Desktop\avisearchrestore.reg

C : \ D o c u m e n t s a n d S e t t i n g s \ W e s l e y P .
V o g e l \ D e s k t o p \ a v i s e a r c h r e s t o r e . r e g

Those are the two items that I have in my recycle Bin right now.

I know nothing about Linux.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I can't rest till I find the answer to little mysteries like this. I
recently installed Linux in a dual boot with Windows XP Home SP2. In my
Linux folder /home there is a folder named /Recycled. I don't believe it
was there originally after I installed Linux. It contains two files:
desktop.ini and INFO2. Desktop.ini is of course a Windows system file.
It contains two lines of text: [.ShellClassInfo] and
CLSID={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}. In Linux I did a search in
the main Windows directory (C for a file containing that text and
found three, all in a different subfolder of C:\recycler, each subfolder
representing individual users. The CLSID number does represent the
recycle bin in the registry. I suspect that the folder /home/Recycled
in the Linux partition might have been installed by Windows after I
installed a small utility to permit me to mount and access my Linux
directories in Windows with drive letters. The mystery is that I cannot
find those desktop.ini files in the subfolders of C:\Recycler from
Windows. I have enabled viewing hidden folders and system folders, and I
can see desktop.ini files in other folders. The files in question are
plain to see when I open the folders in Linux. Is there a folder/file
type in Windows which is super-hidden? And if Windows created this
folder, why is it named "Recycled" instead of "RECYCLER?" Thanks.

Buck

 

[Wesley Vogel]

RECYCLER & RECYCLED should both have Hidden, System and Read-only
attributes. If you have ever done an attrib command, that could have
removed the proper attributes.

Then there's always the nobody knows why a particular folder got its
attributes messed up deal.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

It also seems a little curious that Windows did not hide the folder
Recycled. Far from being "super-hidden", it isn't hidden at all.

Buck

[.ShellClassInfo]
CLSID={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

is from the desktop.ini file from
%systemdrive%\RECYCLER\Your SID #

S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003 is MY SID #.

This pasted in Start | Run opens the desktop.ini file....

C:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003\desktop.ini

That is the only way I know how to find and open that particular
desktop.ini file.

When you delete a file, the complete path and file name is stored in a
hidden file called Info2.

This pasted in Start | Run...

C:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003\INFO2

will open the Open With applet that you can then use to select Notepad to
open the INFO2 file if you so desire.

From my INFO2 file...
C:\Documents and Settings\Wesley P. Vogel\Desktop\avipurge.vbs

C : \ D o c u m e n t s a n d S e t t i n g s \ W e s l e y P .
V o g e l \ D e s k t o p \ a v i p u r g e . v b s

C:\Documents and Settings\Wesley P. Vogel\Desktop\avisearchrestore.reg

C : \ D o c u m e n t s a n d S e t t i n g s \ W e s l e y P .
V o g e l \ D e s k t o p \ a v i s e a r c h r e s t o r e . r e g

Those are the two items that I have in my recycle Bin right now.

I know nothing about Linux.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

I can't rest till I find the answer to little mysteries like this. I
recently installed Linux in a dual boot with Windows XP Home SP2. In my
Linux folder /home there is a folder named /Recycled. I don't believe it
was there originally after I installed Linux. It contains two files:
desktop.ini and INFO2. Desktop.ini is of course a Windows system file.
It contains two lines of text: [.ShellClassInfo] and
CLSID={645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}. In Linux I did a search in
the main Windows directory (C for a file containing that text and
found three, all in a different subfolder of C:\recycler, each subfolder
representing individual users. The CLSID number does represent the
recycle bin in the registry. I suspect that the folder /home/Recycled
in the Linux partition might have been installed by Windows after I
installed a small utility to permit me to mount and access my Linux
directories in Windows with drive letters. The mystery is that I cannot
find those desktop.ini files in the subfolders of C:\Recycler from
Windows. I have enabled viewing hidden folders and system folders, and I
can see desktop.ini files in other folders. The files in question are
plain to see when I open the folders in Linux. Is there a folder/file
type in Windows which is super-hidden? And if Windows created this
folder, why is it named "Recycled" instead of "RECYCLER?" Thanks.

Buck

 

[Guest]

Wes:

All questions answered--I thank you very much. I realized after posting my
last, that probably Windows file attributes don't hold with files it writes
to an xt3 Linux file system.

I appreciate very much your taking the time to answer this small query.

Buck

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Glad to help, Buck. Keep having fun!

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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