Enable Explorer Recycle Bin for Netowrk/Shared Folder

poc.ps1

# Source: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/windows/en-US/a349801f-398f-4139-8e8b-b0a92f599e2b/enable-recycle-bin-on-mapped-network-drives
# New-Item -Name "test" -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions"

$targGUID = "{" + [guid]::NewGUID().ToString().ToUpper() + "}"

echo "**Using GUID: $targGUID"

echo "** FOLDER DESCRIPTIONS"
$kPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions"
New-Item -Path $kPath -Type REG_SZ -Name $targGUID -Force
$kPath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions\$targGUID"

echo "RelativePath..."
$kName = "RelativePath"
$kValue = "Z:\\"
Get-Item -Path $kPath | New-ItemProperty -Name $kName -Value $kValue


echo "Category..."
$kName = "Category"
$kValue = 4
Get-Item -Path $kPath | New-ItemProperty -Name $kName -Value $kValue


echo "Name..."
$kName = "Name"
$kValue = "ZDriveWow"
Get-Item -Path $kPath | New-ItemProperty -Name $kName -Value $kValue



echo "** KNOWN FOLDER"
$kPath = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket\KnownFolder"
New-Item -Path $kPath -Type REG_DWORD -Name $targGUID -Force
$kPath = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket\KnownFolder\$targGUID"

echo "MaxCapacity..."
$kName = "MaxCapacity"
$kValue = 511790
Get-Item -Path $kPath | New-ItemProperty -Name $kName -Value $kValue

echo "NukeOnDelete..."
$kName = "NukeOnDelete"
$kValue = 0
Get-Item -Path $kPath | New-ItemProperty -Name $kName -Value $kValue


echo "** DONE"

Start-Sleep -Seconds 60

Read more about this on: Original Article

@ii64 does this still work

@nrothwell Just confirmed, at least it works on Win 10. A reg file might be easier to understand than these scripts: copied from original article, replace with your own UUID.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions\{9147E464-33A6-48E2-A3C9-361EFD417DEF}]
"RelativePath"="X:\\"
"Category"=dword:00000004
"Name"="XDrive"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\BitBucket\KnownFolder\{9147E464-33A6-48E2-A3C9-361EFD417DEF}]
"MaxCapacity"=dword:0000c7eb
"NukeOnDelete"=dword:00000000