Windows 11: Deleted image not found in Recycle Bin?

[Flycaster]

I have a Surface Pro 6 that is running Windows 11. When I delete an image from Faststone Viewer, I select "yes" to having the image sent to the Recycle Bin. However, the image (jpg or RAW) is not to be found in the RB, nor anywhere else. How do I get it to show (be listed) in the RB?

 

[Billiam29]

Just to confirm, are the files you're sending to the recycle bin via Faststone located on an external drive or your Surface's internal storage when this happens? Or does it not matter and the behavior occurs with either type of storage location?

Each drive your system uses contains its own Recycle Bin folder. It's normally a hidden system folder so you never see it. When you view the Recycle Bin in Windows, it's actually presenting you with a single consolidated view of all the items from the recycle bin folders on each of your drives.

 

[Flycaster]

Just to confirm, are the files you're sending to the recycle bin via Faststone located on an external drive or your Surface's internal storage when this happens? Or does it not matter and the behavior occurs with either type of storage location?

The images are on the Surface's D drive.

Each drive your system uses contains its own Recycle Bin folder. It's normally a hidden system folder so you never see it. When you view the Recycle Bin in Windows, it's actually presenting you with a single consolidated view of all the items from the recycle bin folders on each of your drives.

Under Recycle Bin Location: Space Available, is: Local Disk (C) 118GB. But, as the deleted images aren't there, it doesn't look as though I'm being presented with a "consolidated view." Are you saying that there should also be a RB under the D drive that will hold the deleted images.? If so, how do I get to it? BTW, on my desktop, which is essentially a mirror image of the Surface, deleted images show up in the "regular" RB???

 

[Billiam29]

Each drive your system uses contains its own Recycle Bin folder. It's normally a hidden system folder so you never see it. When you view the Recycle Bin in Windows, it's actually presenting you with a single consolidated view of all the items from the recycle bin folders on each of your drives.

Under Recycle Bin Location: Space Available, is: Local Disk (C) 118GB. But, as the deleted images aren't there, it doesn't look as though I'm being presented with a "consolidated view." Are you saying that there should also be a RB under the D drive that will hold the deleted images.? If so, how do I get to it? BTW, on my desktop, which is essentially a mirror image of the Surface, deleted images show up in the "regular" RB???

As long as all the drives in question are internal to your surface...or even just physically connected and online…then you don't have anything to worry about in terms of viewing the contents of your Recycle Bin.

When you move a file located on drive [Whatever] to the Recycle Bin, that file gets moved to the hidden system Recycle Bin folder on drive [Whatever]. It does not get moved to some "master" Recycle Bin folder on your C: drive or any other single location. Each drive has its own Recycle Bin folder. Again, these are hidden system folders that you normally never have to deal with.

Say for example you hypothetically had an external hard drive or SSD connected and you moved files located on that external drive to the Recycle Bin. If you subsequently disconnected the external drive, and only then went looking for the files in the recycle bin, they may be absent.

If the hypothetical external drive remains connected, then Recycle Bin will show you all the "recycled" files from that drive, your C: drive, and any other connected online drive in its single window. That's what I mean by a consolidated view.

 

[Flycaster]

I appreciate the info, but I still don't know (or don't understand) how to view the deleted photos in a RB???

 

[elIvarz]

Maybe you've chosen the option somewhere that a file larger than a certain size (f.ex. 10 megs) is wiped instead of being moved to the recycle bin?

 

[Annie Ng]

I have a Surface Pro 6 that is running Windows 11. When I delete an image from Faststone Viewer, I select "yes" to having the image sent to the Recycle Bin. However, the image (jpg or RAW) is not to be found in the RB, nor anywhere else. How do I get it to show (be listed) in the RB?

You may right-click on "Recycle Bin" on your Desktop, then choose "Properties".

You can see if you are using Recycle Bin to protect your D: drive.

 

[John_Hoffman]

Check this setting as well.

--
John Hoffman
Conway, NH

 

[Flycaster]

Maybe you've chosen the option somewhere that a file larger than a certain size (f.ex. 10 megs) is wiped instead of being moved to the recycle bin?

Got plenty of storage space.

 

[Flycaster]

I have a Surface Pro 6 that is running Windows 11. When I delete an image from Faststone Viewer, I select "yes" to having the image sent to the Recycle Bin. However, the image (jpg or RAW) is not to be found in the RB, nor anywhere else. How do I get it to show (be listed) in the RB?

You may right-click on "Recycle Bin" on your Desktop, then choose "Properties".

You can see if you are using Recycle Bin to protect your D: drive.

Don't understand what you mean by: "Recycle Bin to protect your D: drive"

 

[Flycaster]

Check this setting as well.

Certainly not checked. But here is an interesting observation that is a clue to the solution...I believe. On my desktop, when deleting an image, be it RAW or jpg, I can get those deleted images to show in their thumbnails. I believe that the reason is that in the Recycle Bin field I have both "Data (D" and "Windows (C," whereas on the Surface's similar field, I only have "Local Disk (C" and nothing else. If someone would show me how to input "Data (D", I'm quite certain the deleted images will show up in the recycle bin.

 

[John_Hoffman]

Check this setting as well.

Certainly not checked. But here is an interesting observation that is a clue to the solution...I believe. On my desktop, when deleting an image, be it RAW or jpg, I can get those deleted images to show in their thumbnails. I believe that the reason is that in the Recycle Bin field I have both "Data (D" and "Windows (C," whereas on the Surface's similar field, I only have "Local Disk (C" and nothing else. If someone would show me how to input "Data (D", I'm quite certain the deleted images will show up in the recycle bin.

I never did anything special to have those drives show up. Are you the Administrator for all settings on your new computer?

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John Hoffman
Conway, NH

 

[Flycaster]

John_Hoffman
I never did anything special to have those drives show up. Are you the Administrator for all settings on your new computer?

Not sure, but think so. Will this make a difference, or are we just hunting? Problem is to get DATA (D into RB properties.

 

[John_Hoffman]

John_Hoffman

I never did anything special to have those drives show up. Are you the Administrator for all settings on your new computer?

Not sure, but think so. Will this make a difference, or are we just hunting? Problem is to get DATA (D into RB properties.

I don't know if it will make a difference. All I can offer is that I am administrator, and I never did anything that involved having all my disk drives show up in the dropdown window. I am also on W10.

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John Hoffman
Conway, NH

 

[Sean Nelson]

John_Hoffman

I never did anything special to have those drives show up. Are you the Administrator for all settings on your new computer?

Not sure, but think so. Will this make a difference, or are we just hunting? Problem is to get DATA (D into RB properties.

Some things require Admin privilege to access. If something doesn't work for you that works for others, signing on as Administrator is an avenue to try. And setting recycle bin properties for non-system drives feels like something that could be an Administrator task.

 

[jboyer]

I have a Surface Pro 6 that is running Windows 11. When I delete an image from Faststone Viewer, I select "yes" to having the image sent to the Recycle Bin. However, the image (jpg or RAW) is not to be found in the RB, nor anywhere else. How do I get it to show (be listed) in the RB?

You may right-click on "Recycle Bin" on your Desktop, then choose "Properties".

You can see if you are using Recycle Bin to protect your D: drive.

Don't understand what you mean by: "Recycle Bin to protect your D: drive"

Please look at:
Where Is the Recycle Bin in Windows 10/11, How to Open It - EaseUS

Right click on the Recycle Bin icon to get:

This will confirm if your D: drive is protected or not.

--
Jerome Boyer

http://jeromelouiseboyer.zenfolio.com/

 

[jboyer]

John_Hoffman

I never did anything special to have those drives show up. Are you the Administrator for all settings on your new computer?

Not sure, but think so. Will this make a difference, or are we just hunting? Problem is to get DATA (D into RB properties.

please check:
Managing a recycle bin on an external drive - Microsoft Community

I am not suer what D; is on your Surface. It maybe the micro sd... and this is considered an external drive.

 

[John_Hoffman]

John_Hoffman

I never did anything special to have those drives show up. Are you the Administrator for all settings on your new computer?

Not sure, but think so. Will this make a difference, or are we just hunting? Problem is to get DATA (D into RB properties.

I don't know if it will make a difference. All I can offer is that I am administrator, and I never did anything that involved having all my disk drives show up in the dropdown window. I am also on W10.

Further input FWIW:

I just ran a test by deleting a file from my attached G: drive HDD.

It went into my desktop Recycle Bin.

--
John Hoffman
Conway, NH

 

[Flycaster]

I have continued searching on how to delete pictures to the recycle bin (without completely deleting) when using an added on SD card for the D drive. As I have learned from you folks and further Googling, the installed SD card does not have recycle bin and when sending a deleted picture to the RB, it will not be saved in the RB. I have come across this site (https://recoverit.wondershare.com/p...eted-photos-from-memory-card-recycle-bin.html, see Part 5), which, to me, appears to be what I am looking for. But before I embark on making the suggested changes to the SD card, I'd like you to confirm that I should follow Part 5. And, if so, I'd appreciate any hints/suggestions that you could add. Thanks.

 

[Annie Ng]

I have continued searching on how to delete pictures to the recycle bin (without completely deleting) when using an added on SD card for the D drive. As I have learned from you folks and further Googling, the installed SD card does not have recycle bin and when sending a deleted picture to the RB, it will not be saved in the RB. I have come across this site (https://recoverit.wondershare.com/p...eted-photos-from-memory-card-recycle-bin.html, see Part 5), which, to me, appears to be what I am looking for. But before I embark on making the suggested changes to the SD card, I'd like you to confirm that I should follow Part 5. And, if so, I'd appreciate any hints/suggestions that you could add. Thanks.

I do not suggest formatting SD cards to NTFS if you want to use it in your camera.