How do i tell the recycle bin to delete files older than X days?

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Automatically deleting old files from recycling bin while keeping the new ones?

How do i tell the recycle bin to delete files older than X days? I tried writing a program to do it but it seems like a lot of trouble (to bad it isnt just simply checking access time). I found programs which delete ALL files on a schedule but i like to delete only files thats been in there for a few days.

I'm using windows7

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

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You can go through the multitude of answers on ServerFault or StackOverflow. All you have to do is write a batch file or vbs script that looks for files older than X days in the given directory.

Here's Jeff Atwood's post with suggestions for a vbs script. There's also a batch file approach for the same; you might need a few tweaks to get it going for the recycle bin.

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answered May 02 '12 at 03:59

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 02 '12 at 00:37

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This software is rather old, and I know nothing about it. That being said:

BinManager: http://www.cheztabor.com/BinManager/index.htm

answered May 02 '12 at 00:37

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How do i tell the recycle bin to delete files older than X days?

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