[mlauzon]

It did this with Vista -- I now have Win7 Ultimate x64 -- as well, if I have the external drive plugged into the system, and start deleting files, somehow the recycle bin associates itself to the external drive. To get it back to the C: drive, I have to right click and open properties and then choose C: and click apply then okay, but not that long after it's back to the external drive again. So, my question is this: how do I stop it from associating itself with the external drive forevermore?

[Dyre Straits]

Originally Posted by mlauzon

It did this with Vista -- I now have Win7 Ultimate x64 -- as well, if I have the external drive plugged into the system, and start deleting files, somehow the recycle bin associates itself to the external drive. To get it back to the C: drive, I have to right click and open properties and then choose C: and click apply then okay, but not that long after it's back to the external drive again. So, my question is this: how do I stop it from associating itself with the external drive forevermore?

Assuming that you really want to permanently delete the files, why do you use any Recycle folder at all? I haven't bothered with it in years. If I want to delete things, I use the SHIFT + Delete option to get rid of them forever. I don't like "two-stepping" operations when they can be avoided.

As to answering your question, though, I haven't actually found a solution to keeping the /bin on the drive you want it to be on. I think the idea with Vista/Win7 was that, if you're going to plug in an external drive, you're wanting to limit data on the system drive. So, to avoid clogging up the system drive, if the external drive is sufficiently large enough, it will create the /bin for that purpose.

But, again, I haven't even bothered with that in a long time.