A registry hack is doubtful. For that to work, Microsoft would have had
to build the logic into OE to look for the hack.

For what it's worth, I do a compact once a week just before I do my
weekly backup. Unless you are deleting thousands of messages per day
(or perhaps hundreds with binaries), and very low on free disk space,
more often compacting is of minimal value. I also have my recycle bin
sorted on date deleted. Then whenever I think about it (perhaps every
few weeks) I delete items from the recycle bin that were deleted more
than a few weeks ago.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Harvey Fenwick Lung" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:17:35 -0800, "Bruce Hagen"
wrote:

You can't unless you remove the update. It was added as a benefit for
the
majority of users that don't back up their files and then complain
when they
are lost.

I use this freeware tool. With two clicks and about three seconds, it
empties the Recycle Bin, deletes cookies, History, TIFFs, etc.
Whatever you
choose. It can also be set to run at startup.

CCleaner:
http://www.ccleaner.com/

Groan.... it's amazing how everyone just accepts that it does what
it does. They should have sent the files to a "backup" folder, not the
darn recycle bin.,... only 1 set of files, overwrite the old ones if
the data is good.

Someone will come up with a registry hack to disable, I hope.