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Automatically deleting old files from recycling bin while keeping the new ones?

How do i tell the recycle bin to delete files older than X days? I tried writing a program to do it but it seems like a lot of trouble (to bad it isnt just simply checking access time). I found programs which delete ALL files on a schedule but i like to delete only files thats been in there for a few days.

I'm using windows7

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  • On Windows 7 you can just use **RecycleBinEx** (http://www.fcleaner.com/recyclebinex), a small application that does just this. Please see http://superuser.com/a/615870/85364 – gerlos Oct 09 '14 at 09:42

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You can go through the multitude of answers on ServerFault or StackOverflow. All you have to do is write a batch file or vbs script that looks for files older than X days in the given directory.

Here's Jeff Atwood's post with suggestions for a vbs script. There's also a batch file approach for the same; you might need a few tweaks to get it going for the recycle bin.

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  • Not helpful. The answers check if the files exist for more then X days. I'd like to delete files when they been in the folder for more than X days. As Patrick S. mentioned if you right click the file and look at the property you can see when it was put in the recycle bin. I just have no idea what winapi to call to get to that –  May 02 '12 at 10:21
  • Don't the answers specifically say that 'files older than X days will be deleted'? The only hitch with those methods is that you have to manually run the scripts to perform deletion. If you're looking for an _automatic_ way to tell the recycle bin to delete such files, then I'm sorry I misunderstood – prrao May 02 '12 at 19:25
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This software is rather old, and I know nothing about it. That being said:

BinManager: http://www.cheztabor.com/BinManager/index.htm

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