"Opus" wrote in message
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"Don Phillipson" wrote in message
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This depends on your Operating System. The way
Windows works, deleted files go into the Recycled Bin
(in case you change your mind. Anything in the RB
can be undeleted at will.) After default time (programmable?)
the RB deletes permanently anything older than X days: and
you can at will go to the RB and delete (permanently)
whatever you select. For theoretical information do
/ start / help / index / and type in the box RECYC

I use Windows XP and in the past my posts to newsgroups have never gone to
Recycle Bin. I have no idea how I caused this to happen, but I want to
return to the good old dayz when I deleted them in OE and they disappeared
and weren't sent to Recycle. They are BAK files, according to Properties?

This is the file location, but I can't get search to find it?

C:\Documents and Setttings\Mark Harrington\Local Setting\Applications
Data\Identities\....

Op

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)





I never saw the most likely cause of this listed here, so I will give it.
If you go to ToolsOptionsMaintenance you will see settings on
automatically compressing you newsgroup/mail folder files and you'll also
see a button to "clean up now". If you either pressed that button (good to
do periodically) or if the automatic conditions you set were met, Windows
will compress your newsgroup/mail folders (it actually creates new ones) and
the old ones are renamed with a .BAK extension and put into the recycle bin.

HTH,
George

PS--This is bad...now I've responded to TWO Geek question here in one day
and no flyfishing threads... Gotta rethink my priorities!