Disabling the Norton Protected Recycle Bin

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Disabling the Norton Protected Recycle Bin

If you remove the Norton Protected Recycle Bin, you purge all of the backed up data that Norton UnErase monitored.

STEP 1
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STEP 2
Select your version of Windows

I use Windows 98/Me

1
On the Windows desktop, right-click the Recycle Bin icon, and then click Properties.

2
On the Global tab, click Use One Setting for All Drives.

3
On the Recycle Bin tab, click Standard Recycle Bin.

4
In the Title field, type the following text:

Recycle Bin

5
On the Norton Protection tab, click Remove Norton Protection.

6
Click Empty Protected Files.

7
Click OK, and then click OK again.

I use Windows 2000/XP

1
On the Windows desktop, right-click the Recycle Bin icon, and then click Properties.

2
On the Global tab, click Use One Setting for All Drives.

3
On the Recycle Bin tab, click Standard Recycle Bin.

4
In the Title field, type the following text:

Recycle Bin

5
On the Norton Protection tab, select a drive, and then uncheck Enable Protection.

Repeat this step for each drive.

6
Select Also Empty Protected Files.

7
Click OK, and then click OK again.

8
Restart the computer.

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Document ID: 1998447940489807
Last Modified: 11/14/2006
Date Created: 04/23/1998
Operating System(s): Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Product(s): Norton SystemWorks 2003