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To configure this self-emptying feature, you specify a certain fullness limit.

When the Recycle Bin contents reach that level, Windows begins deleting
files (permanently) as new files arrive in the Recycle Bin. Files that arrived
in the Recycle Bin first are deleted first.

Unless you tell it otherwise, Windows reserves 10 percent of your drive to

hold Recycle Bin contents. To change that percentage, open the Recycle
Bin; on the Ribbon, click “Recycle Bin properties” (Figure 3-14). Now you
can edit the “Maximum size” number, in megabytes. Keeping the

percentage low means you’re less likely to run out of the disk space you
need to install software and create documents. On the other hand, raising

the percentage means you have more opportunity to restore files you decide
to retrieve.

Note

Every disk has its own Recycle Bin, which holds files and folders you’ve deleted from that disk.
As you can see in the Recycle Bin Properties dialog box, you can give each drive its own trash
limit and change the deletion options shown in Figure 3-14 for each drive independently. Just
click the drive’s name before changing the settings.

OneDrive

OneDrive (originally called SkyDrive) is one of Microsoft’s great unsung

offerings. It’s a free, 5-gigabyte online hard drive on the internet—and part
of your free Microsoft account (“Local Accounts vs. Microsoft Accounts”).
In File Explorer, it’s represented by an icon in every window.

Whatever you put into it appears, almost instantly, in the OneDrive folder
on all your other machines: other PCs, Macs, iPhones, iPads, Android
phones, and so on. (There are OneDrive apps available for all those
operating systems.)

In fact, your files will even be available at onedrive.com, so you can grab
them even when you’re stranded on a desert island with nothing but
somebody else’s computer (and internet access). If this concept reminds you