When you make the decision to delete something, Windows asks you really want to delete it - of course I do, I just deleted it! Even if it was an accident, the files in question are just sitting in the Recycle Bin so you can recover them easily! The Confirmation dialog just seems like a unnecessary step that just slows down productivity.
There are plenty of tricks you can perform with Windows XP’s and Vista’s Recycle Bin, one is actually squeezing more space out of it, but in this Windows tip, I’ll show you how to remove the Delete Confirmation dialog!
How To
It’s really easy to do!
- Right-click the Recycle Bin and click Properties.
- Under the Global tab, un-tick the Display delete confirmation dialog checkbox.
- Click OK and you’re all done! Now, as soon as you delete something, it will instantly move into the Recycle Bin!
nice… i never even knew recycle bin had properties
Everything has properties - and I’m here to mess with them all!!
I do this to all the machines I work on. If I select to delete it, why would I want to confirm it? Besides if I did accidentally delete it it’s still in the recycling bin if i need to get it.
That’s it right there - that’s what I don’t understand, but there are a lot of people out there who just don’t know what they’re doing on a computer….
I couldn’t agree more…this is one of the first changes that I make any time I load up a fresh Windows install. Was hoping they would of “fixed” the default in Vista…(not that it’s hard to change as Saman pointed out, but it would make one less thing I have to do).
Very true, it’s not hard, but it’s just one more thing in my install routine…
What do I do if the box and text “Display delete confirmation dialog box” is grayed out.
It has a check in it but it is grayed out and I can’t change it. I am an adminstrator and I have tried all combinations of configure independently, and “do not move files to the recycle…..
Thanks
Pete
is there a registry value that can be changed to turn this dialogue off? i want to make it into a vbs script