If you are cleaning trash files and you are sure that you will not want to recover the files, you can delete them without sending them to the recycle bin. In Explorer, hold down the shift key as you right-click the file or directory icon and choose delete from the context menu. When deleted, the selected files will not go to the recycle bin and thus can not be recovered except by a restore from external backup media.
You achieve the same result by holding down the shift key and dragging and dropping an Explorer icon onto the Recycle Bin.
This tip applies to all versions of Windows including Windows NT / Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
But if you need to recover delete files, consider File-Saver which can recover deleted files. Fairly cheap at the price.
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