How To Increase or Decrease the Recycle Bin Storage Capacity in Windows XP Professional

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8 Responses

  1. girish says:

    this helps me a lot

  2. Kyle says:

    @steve – On Windows XP that is not possible due to the 32-bit architecture. You’ll need to move to a 64-bit architecture for that, probably Vista or Windows 7.

  3. steve says:

    i need a registry tweak to get past 3.99 GB

  4. steve says:

    shown me a registry tweak to get past 3.99 GB

  5. me says:

    thank you very much for this information. it was helpful for me!

  6. Kyle says:

    @tester – I think the DEFAULT is 10%, not the maximum. The maximum is indeed 3.99GB, which is related to the nature of the 32 bit OS.
    I’ll update the article to reflect this information. Thanks.

    Kyle

  7. tester says:

    In Windows XP, the maximum Recycle Bin size is 10 percent of the drive’s capacity or 3.99GB, whichever is smaller. It’s a hard limit—you can’t get around it. If you stick with Win XP, you’ll want to establish some kind of protocol so that you’ll always verify the archive before deleting the files.

  8. tried it says:

    doesn’t work, just stays at 3.99 g

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