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I was giving a lecture to some students, and they asked about why you are unable to attach a file from the Recycle Bin to an email using Gmail, Yahoo!!, Outlook, etc.

I am using Windows 7, and try to attach file from Recycle Bin, but the folder browser does not show the Recycle Bin for me to be able to access the files within.

How can I attach a file from the Recycle Bin?

studiohack
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Pir Abdul
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Recycle bin is a special folder and not really designed for this.

That being said, if you run whatever your email client* is with administrative privileges, you can attach a file from c:\$Recycle.Bin... If you can find it in there.

However, I really don't recommend this!

* Technically, if using Gmail/Yahoo, your web browser is the email client and the program needing to run with admin privileges.

William Hilsum
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Right click on the file within Recycle Bin and select "Restore", that file will now go back to its original location and then you can attach it to your email client

admintech
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