Understanding the Contents of C:\$RECYCLE.BIN on Windows 10/11
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Summary
The C:\$RECYCLE.BIN directory on Windows 10/11 serves as the master recycle bin for the operating system, containing subfolders that correspond to the recycle bins of individual user profiles, identified by their Security Identifiers (SIDs). These subdirectories exhibit peculiar behaviors when permissions or attributes are altered, temporarily changing their appearance but eventually reverting to their original state.
S-1-5-18
represents the built-in SYSTEM
account.S-1-5-18
but instead shows up as another “Recycle Bin.” This change is temporary and reverts back to S-1-5-18
once you restore the original settings and toggle the “read-only” attribute.$RECYCLE.BIN
folder. To do this, open an elevated command prompt and execute the following command: rd /s /q c:\$Recycle.Bin
After running this command and rebooting the computer, the $RECYCLE.BIN
folder will be recreated, and each user profile will have an empty recycle bin.![Renee Undeleter data Recovery software](https://www.reneelab.com/wp-content/themes/dt-the7/images/grey.png)
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