The simplest and most direct way to permanently delete files or folders is by using the Shift + Delete keyboard shortcut.

One of the desktop icons that appear after Windows is installed is the Recycle Bin. Here’s what you need to know about it. Microsoft programmers were no doubt thinking about the Apple Mac operating ...

The Tech-Recipes tutorial blog writes up a quick guide on docking the Recycle Bin icon as a separate item on the Windows 7 taskbar, instead of underneath Windows Explorer. Following the guide is ...

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Whether you're clearing space off of your hard drive or want to remove some embarrassing pictures from your recent workplace get-together, it pays to know how to permanently delete images from your ...

The following instructions will help you show or hide common icons on the desktop in Windows 11: If you want to arrange the desktop icons by name (in alphabetical order), right-click in the empty ...

Some files such as the Thumbs.db file can be disabled in Windows, so if you have a personal PC with Windows on it (ie, VMWare or Parallels), you can set it to prevent caching of thumbnail previews; ...

It is an unfortunate rite of passage, but if you are a computer user, the odds are very likely that you have accidentally deleted one or more files from your system. In some cases, this is only a ...

I just emptied my Recycle Bin (it is huge) and I noticed that the icon indicated that it still held something. I opened it up (I have show hidden folders enabled) and there were no folders there. So I ...