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| 2 | # Windows Recycle Bin internal format |
2 | # Windows Recycle Bin internal format |
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| 4 | ## Locations of the index files |
4 | ## Locations of the index files |
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| 6 | ### FAT drives: |
6 | ### FAT drives |
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| 8 | - Windows 95 native: `C:\RECYCLED\INFO` (with ANSI records, folder deletion is NOT possible, format `00 00 00 00`) |
8 | - Windows 95 native: `C:\RECYCLED\INFO` (with ANSI records, folder deletion is NOT possible, format `00 00 00 00`) |
| 9 | - Windows 95+IE4, 98SE: `C:\RECYCLED\INFO2` (with ANSI records, folder deletion is possible, format `04 00 00 00`) |
9 | - Windows 95+IE4, 98SE: `C:\RECYCLED\INFO2` (with ANSI records, folder deletion is possible, format `04 00 00 00`) |
| 10 | - Windows Me: `C:\RECYCLED\INFO2` (with ANSI records, folder deletion is possible, format `05 00 00 00`) |
10 | - Windows Me: `C:\RECYCLED\INFO2` (with ANSI records, folder deletion is possible, format `05 00 00 00`) |
| 11 | - Windows Vista+: `C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\$I...` |
11 | - Windows Vista+: `C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\$I...` |
| 12 | - Windows 95 (Beta 58s) `C:\CHICAGO\DESKTOP\RECYCLE.BIN` (a normal folder with the deleted files. There are no index files and deleted files won't get renamed). In beta build 122, the recycle bin was removed and re-added in beta build 180 with the INFO-format we know from the RTM release. |
12 | - Windows 95 (Beta 58s) `C:\CHICAGO\DESKTOP\RECYCLE.BIN` (a normal folder with the deleted files. There are no index files and deleted files won't get renamed). In beta build 122, the recycle bin was removed and re-added in beta build 180 with the INFO-format we know from the RTM release. |
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| 14 | ### NTFS drives: |
14 | ### NTFS drives |
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| 16 | - Windows NT4: `C:\RECYCLER\<UserSID>\INFO` (with Unicode records, folder deletion is possible, format `02 00 00 00`) |
16 | - Windows NT4: `C:\RECYCLER\<UserSID>\INFO` (with Unicode records, folder deletion is possible, format `02 00 00 00`) |
| 17 | - Windows 2000, XP: `C:\RECYCLER\<UserSID>\INFO2` (with Unicode records, folder deletion is possible, format `05 00 00 00`) |
17 | - Windows 2000, XP: `C:\RECYCLER\<UserSID>\INFO2` (with Unicode records, folder deletion is possible, format `05 00 00 00`) |
| 18 | - Windows Vista+: `C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\<UserSID>\$I...` |
18 | - Windows Vista+: `C:\$RECYCLE.BIN\<UserSID>\$I...` |
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