How to rename recycle bin in windows vista

Rename files to empty filename in Windows Vista Ask Question. Asked 12 years, 7 months ago. Active 8 years, 2 months ago. Viewed 12k times. I use Vista, if that matters. Improve this question. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Chris Marisic 1, 8 8 gold badges 33 33 silver badges 51 51 bronze badges. Joe Doyle Joe Doyle 1, 14 14 silver badges 15 15 bronze badges. Usually Explorer insists that "You must type a file name". Not if you add the suffix.

Cool trick. That makes me think that this is a BUG in explorer, and is a behavior that could possibly change in the future. It does work though, and this is a common problem with Unix tools that are ported to windows Msys and Cygwin use dot-folders a lot, in addition to SVN and Git, as mentioned.

So, should we be spreading this trick around, if it's likely to stop working? This is one of the weirdest Windows workaraounds I have encountered in years. Kevin Kuphal Kevin Kuphal 9, 1 1 gold badge 33 33 silver badges 41 41 bronze badges. Go under system and click on the advanced tab 3. Click settings under Performance options 4. You can now change various graphical effects mainly animations and shadows. Goto Control Panel, then goto Power Options. It should now successfully complete the Shut Down process.

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