Bypass the Recycle Bin in XP

I have a love hate relationship with the Recycle Bin.  When I need it, I’m glad its there, but for the most part it is just a pain in the rear.  Most people forget to empty it (don’t we all hate taking out the trash?) and end up with loads of files that never really go away.

There is a registry hack you can use (and deploy, although I wouldn’t recommend that) that will bypass the recylce bin when deleting files.

1. Open REGEDIT
2. Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
3. Create a DWORD value with the following specs:

   Value name: NukeOnDelete

   Value: 1

To go back to using the recycle bin, enter 0 for value.

Easy peasy.

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