Once you have downloaded the program installation file, run the installer to completion, making sure to carefully read just in case SourceForge decides to bundle this application in the future. The benefits of the full version of the program compared to the portable app is that you can add Eraser to the Context menu so that you can also erase files securely without having to send them to the Recycle Bin first. For speed reasons, we will change the settings of Eraser to use the 3-pass DoD method instead.
Simply find a file you want to delete, then right-click on it. After that, select the Eraser context menu and choose whether you want to erase the file now or on the next computer restart. You can also do the same thing with files in the recycle bin by following the same process described above.
Once you have installed Eraser, simply double-click the desktop icon to run the program. The first screen you see is the Erase schedule. If you click on the arrow on the top, you can create new tasks and import or export task lists. This is useful if you want to schedule regular deletion of files or folders like your Windows history. For this example, we will select the browsing history folder for Google Chrome and schedule it to be deleted once every week. Now you can select a deletion method or simply leave it as is to use the default method.
Select the folder where your chrome browsing history is stored. Next, you will press OK and then create a schedule by editing the Schedule. For this example, we will delete the history every Friday at midnight. Simply implement the changes and you will see your task in the schedule as a recurring task that will be carried out weekly.
Figure When you double-click the Recycle Bin top , its window bottom displays information about each folder and file that it holds. To sort its contents in Details view, making it easier to find a deleted icon, click the gray column heading for the type of sort you need. Restored means returned to the folder from whence it came—wherever it was on your hard drive when deleted. If you restore an icon whose original folder has been deleted in the meantime, Windows XP even re-creates that folder to hold the restored file s.
By dragging them out of the Recycle Bin window, you can put them into any folder you like. In the Recycle Bin window, highlight only the icons you want to eliminate, and then press the Delete key.
When the Recycle Bin accumulates so much stuff that it occupies a significant percentage of your hard drive space, Windows empties it automatically, as described in the next section. You can make two useful changes to the behavior of the Recycle Bin. To investigate these alterations, right-click the Recycle Bin icon and choose Properties from the shortcut menu.
The Recycle Bin Properties dialog box appears see Figure It will take you to the Desktop location in a File Explorer window, where you can see the Recycle Bin. Alternatively, you can type explorer. When the Recycle Bin icon is not on your desktop, even though you can open it in other ways, you may still want to add it to the desktop for easier access.
Here are the steps. Therefore, you cannot use the Recycle Bin to do such tasks as restoring a file that was deleted. This article will help you make the Recycle Bin work again.
Click Start , and then click Control Panel. Click Appearance and Personalization , click Personalization , and then click Change desktop icons. Click to select the Recycle Bin check box, and then click OK. Check whether the problem is fixed.
If the problem is fixed, you are finished with this article. If the problem is not fixed, you can try the procedure in the "Workaround" section. Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it.
Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. Click Start , click Run , type regedit, and then click OK. In the Value data box, type 0 , and then click OK.
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