What exactly happens during that whole process?
I am a fairly experienced user, I just wanted a more depth explanation of the Recycle Bin.
So what’s the story?
How exactly does the Recycle Bin function as a sort of file purgatory?
In the early days, on Windows 95 and 98 this was located in
.
On Windows 2000 and later it was renamed to
.
Since Windows Vista it is now a special folder called
.
UseProcess Monitorto see the I/O under the hood, put a filter on
and visit it.
:)
For example, when I do this:
Note:The long folder name is aUser SID.
The last folder name is a hash based on the metadata.
In essence, it contains enough information to reconstruct the original reference…
They probably do exist but I found it easier to go and reverse engineer the main concept…
