find files with command prompt

[madjac]

My brother deleted a file and then went to recycle bin to restore and now
can't find it. In order to help him I first wanted to use the CMD prompt to
search the recycle bin to see if it's still there. On my own computer (xp
home) I typed cd Desktop in the shell and then dir /s and it shows all the
files but not the recycle bin. ?????
I tried this on my replacement desktop and same thing. How can I "show
details" in the recycle bin using the command prompt. Why doesn't the recycle
bin show up?
thanks

 

[Engel]

Hello madjac,

So, you need to bring back the missing in action desktop trashcan icon?

The Recycle Bin icon can be retrieved as follows, right click a blank space
on the desktop, select Personalize, click "Change Desktop Icon," in the left
column under Tasks, place a check next to the Recycle Bin, click apply and
ok.
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Take a look at this article by MVP Ramesh:

How to restore the Recycle bin icon that has been accidentally deleted:
<http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/141/1/>

If you accidentally click on "Delete" when you actually want to empty the
recycle bin, you might want to hide this option from the context menu.

How to hide the "Delete" command from Recycle Bin context menu in Windows
Vista:
<http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/142/1/>


I hope this post is helpful.

Let us know how it works ºut.
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[Bill Sanderson]

On Vista, the name is $recycle.bin

cd /
cd $recycle.bin should do it.

On XP, it is RECYCLER

cd /
cd recycler

Useful commands:

dir /ad

dir /x

The first shows directories.

The second shows short and long filenames, so when you see long GUID's, it
shows the short filename, which is MUCH easier to type.

 

[madjac]

Thanks for your help! I tried everthing but it still doesn't work. When I
type 'cd recycler' I get "the system could not find the path specified" The
bin is right there on the desktop and I can easily access it using the
shortcut so either the actual recycle bin is somewhere else than in desktop
or recycle bin is somehow not in PATH????? One of the reasons I use fedora
now is the terrible "search" function in xp home. Linux is so much better at
finding stuff!

 

[Bill Sanderson]

The actual bin folder is not in the desktop, but in the root of each drive,
I believe.