Win 2000 Recycle Bin Emptying at Shutdown/Bootup

[bsquared18]

I recently noticed that Win2000 (or some other program I'm not aware of) is emptying my recycle bin during every shutdown/bootup cycle. I noticed it because I went to the recycle bin expecting to be able to retrieve a file I had recently deleted!

As far as I know I don't have any utilities that are designed to perform that function. I've recently installed Zone Alarm and software for an APC battery-backup system, but I couldn't find any settings in either of those programs for that function.

Is there a setting somewhere in Win2000 that I can look at? Any other suggestions?

Thanks!

Bill B.

 

[pinseaking]

Did you check the properties on the Recycle Bin to make sure that it excepts deleted files?
It could be configured to: "Don't move files to recycle bin Delete file immediately"

Pinseaking

 

[bsquared18]

Yes, I checked and that box is unchecked. Any other suggestions?

Bill B.