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Deleting files from a shared folder
Name: B Date: October 10, 2003 at 16:45:28 Pacific OS: Win2K Pro CPU/Ram: 450
Comment:
I was mapped to a user's machine through an administrative share. While mapped, I deleted files from the user's machine. Where do these files go? They did not show up in my recycle bin, nor did I find them on the user's machine. Any ideas?
Name: Rambler Date: October 10, 2003 at 18:50:37 Pacific
Reply:
They can't go in YOUR recycle bin, because it's a remote drive. Recycle bin is just a special folder on each disk where the files are dumped. It won't go in the remote recycle bin, because the delete is under YOUR control - they've gone to the great recycle bin in the sky.
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