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How can I tell that a directory is weird and should be excluded from the user interface?

September 19, 2008 Sep 19, 2008 09/19/08

Raymond Chen

Last time, we looked at a customer who wanted to know how to tell whether a given folder was a Recycle Bin folder or not. We answered the question as stated, but made the mistake of not looking at the problem the customer was trying to solve. I need to know which folders are Recycle Bin folders so I can skip over them when searching the ...