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February 25, 2004 at 06:45 PM
harobroys

My 5 Year Old Son and the Recycle Bin

by harobroys . Updated 22 years, 6 months ago

I assembled a new computer and gave my old HP 8565C (500mhz PIII -Asus P2B Mb – Via Chipset) to my son who just turned 5. The HP has Win 98SE.
My son is learning to read and operate the computer. However after watching me delete a file he made and saved to the desktop. He is now right clicking and deleting – dragging and dropping everything to the recycle bin. Nothing is safe I even found him opening win explorer and having a fun time with the file tree.
He loves watching the files disappear from the recycle bin and is delighted with the empty bin sound every time he presses the empty bin command.
The Question : Is there a registry hack to remove the empty function from the bin or to remove the system file property so i can hide the recycle bin??
It takes an afternoon and evening to format and restore.I now just have to figure out where all those shortcuts on the desktop are coming from

Thanks Rob

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