Help with Windows XP recycle bin?

Question

I recently upgraded to XP Home Edition and my pc has two user accounts. The files are separate on each account, but somehow we share the recycle bin. Deleted files appear in the recycle bin on both desktops and both users can restore the file (it only restores to the account of the user who deleted it). However, the user who did not delete the file can simply drag the document from the recyle bin to their desktop and then they are able to open the document. Has anyone else had this issue or did I screw up my upgrade? And is there a fix? Thanks.

Answer 1

um i would belive this to be natural since its saved on your hardrive but im sure there is a way such as permission rights to those objects but other than that u cant really do much unless you edit the program within windows xp , so that you may make it to your own likings, altho you would b editing the program most likely illeagally and u would need to know python wich is very hard to learn for the mojority especially if you do not have knowlage in computer language's

Answer 2

I don't think this question has ever come up before, but logically, there is only one PC and one recycle bin. I don't see how the Recycle Bin can tell one user from another. You didn't screw up your upgrade; this question has apparently never occurred to Microsoft technicians, either!

Answer 3

No, Recycle Bin is supposed to be private for each account.

And btw from where do you upgrade your XP? 90x (95, 98, ME) series, or NT (XP, NT, 2k) series

Later research (read my PM first) 90x series seems do not use SID, so if you're upgrading from that, possibly Windows screwed up by not generating SID or not generating SID correctly.

If that's the case, you might need to clean install rather than upgrading. Backup your important data first.

Answer 4

yea its called clearing the recycle bin and adding permission to your files. no way arround it!!! thats windows for u