For those who may be following this thread, I just noticed something that
explains why I have been able to do this on other drives, but needed the
command line info from JS for my thumb drive. I was just backing up to my
external HD and found that the drive properties window contains a clickable
box just to the right of the disk usage pie chart. That clickable box says
"disk cleanup" and allows one to cleanup that disk and empty its trash.
That *clickable box is missing* from the properties window on the thumb
drive, and that is why I asked my original question here. I had this
recollection of having used disk cleanup on an external drive and emptying
trash before, but I was unable to get back to that place with the thumb
drive. Now I know that it was not just my memory (brain memory that is)
fading on me!!!
Tom
"JS" <@> wrote in message news:OekZZ6iSIHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> You're welcome.
>
> JS
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> "Tom H." <tom_reader@att.nospam*.net> wrote in message
> news:xftdj.88683$MJ6.78884@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> Hi Michael,
>> Following JS's instructions worked for me on my XP system, and yes, my
>> thumb drive is FAT formatted.
>>
>> Thanks for the help JS.
>>
>>
>> Tom
>> "Michael Walraven" <mexxwalraven@verizon.not> wrote in message
>> news:4D467107-0298-4729-A77B-EED21C790F60@microsoft.com...
>>> hmmmm,
>>> my thumb drive is FAT formatted so maybe that is why I don't have disk
>>> cleanup.
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>> "JS" <@> wrote in message news:etyIdDcSIHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> Start/Run/cleanmgr.exe /de
>>>>
>>>> Examples
>>>> The /de tells Disk Cleanup to use drive e
>>>> /df would be drive f
>>>> /dx (where the letter x would be the drive letter for your usb drive)
>>>>
>>>> JS
>>>>
>>>> "Tom H." <tom_reader@att.nospam*.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:hLhdj.337782$kj1.233293@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>>>>> With the thumb drive, if I start disk cleanup it begins to scan C: and
>>>>> does not give me a chance to select another drive. I think when this
>>>>> worked for me before I had an external USB hard drive attached, and I
>>>>> was somehow able to start disk cleanup on that drive, but I can't
>>>>> figure out how to do it on the thumb drive.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "JS" <@> wrote in message
>>>>> news:OPtp9obSIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Start Disk Cleanup, select the appropriate drive letter for your
>>>>>> removable drive, Click 'OK', then select the Recycle Bin option and
>>>>>> click on the 'OK' button.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> JS
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Tom H." <tom_reader@att.nospam*.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:46hdj.337606$kj1.60798@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>> I understand that in Windows XP each drive has its own recycle bin.
>>>>>>> I would like to empty the recycle bin on just my removable drive
>>>>>>> while leaving C: alone. What is the best way to do this? I need to
>>>>>>> free up space on my thumb drive, and it appears to be full becuase
>>>>>>> files I deleted are still held in recycle. I remember once doing a
>>>>>>> disk cleanup or something of that sort and having the option to
>>>>>>> empty the recycle bin on just that drive, but now I cannot remember
>>>>>>> what that operation was.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> TIA for any help on this matter.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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