How to replace standard windows delete with a permanent delete program?

[cbis]

When you delete a file in Windows the OS does not really delete the file, only the pointer to the file. Eventually the file gets over written and is finally gone.

There are programs, BCWipe from jetico.sci.fi for one, that will permanently delete the file by overwriting it repeatedly. That program does, however, not integrate transparently with the Windows shell. It creates separate entries in the file menu for using BCWipe.

My question, is there anyway to force Windows (through a regedit I would assume) to run a different program when the user clicked delete? This would allow me to semi-transparently integrate the program into the OS.

Also, if that isn't possible, are there any perm-delete programs that integrate completely into the OS and replace the delete command?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

 

[Tseng]

Right click Recycle Bin and choose Properity

Check Don't move the file to Recycle Bin

 

[Qzruh]

Check Don't move the file to Recycle Bin

That will make it permanent....
But if you dont want permanent setting, you can press <shift> when deleting file(s), so your file wont be delivered to recycle bin....

up to you

 

[cbis]

But doing that would still leave the file in a recoverable state on the hard drive. I want to wipe it clean from the hard drive.

 

[Woodie]

You want to change the association with the "Delete File" function to use the wiping utility of your choice...very little to do with the Recycle Bin.

I'm not sure how you'd implement this, as the delete functionality is part of the File System at a pretty low level. Almost all modern (and older) file systems use this overwrite-the-header type of delete, as it's much faster than wiping the info.

I would suggest scheduling the wiping tool to wipe all unallocated portions of the disk at either shutdown, startup or logon.

--Woodie