Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryWindows Components > File Explorer
Supported onWindows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 only

Supported OS tags: Windows2000, WindowsServer2003, WindowsXP

Limits the percentage of a volume's disk space that can be used to store deleted files. If you enable this setting, the user has a maximum amount of disk space that may be used for the Recycle Bin on their workstation. If you disable or do not configure this setting, users can change the total amount of disk space used by the Recycle Bin. Note: This setting is applied to all volumes.

Internal name
RecycleBinSize
Policy ID
d8c9aa825ed9
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behavior
Maximum Recycle Bin size:
ID RecycleBinSizeSpin
decimal
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\RecycleBinSize
Type REG_DWORD
Range: ? to 100

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