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Toggle Recover Deleted Items option on all folders in Outlook

(Article ID: 001579)
Summary

By default the Recover Deleted Items option is enabled only on the Deleted Items folder. The idea behind this is that when a message is "deleted" it is really moved the Deleted Items folder first. It is then deleted from the Delete Items folder later. Some users take a shortcut and hold in the SHIFT key while deleting an item. This bypasses the move to the Deleted Items folder and removes the message. In order to recover the message the Recover Deleted Items option needs to be enabled for other folders in Outlook. This functionality can be enabled/disabled by changing a setting in the registry.

NOTE: The Microsoft Exchange server must be configured to allow deleted item recovery before the item is deleted.

Step-by-step instructions

To enable/disable the Recover Deleted Items option, do the following:

  1. Open Registry Editor (Start>Run>regedit).
  2. Navigate to the following key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\Client\Options.
    NOTE: HKLM is the abbreviation for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
  3. Look for a value called DumpsterAlwaysOn.
    NOTE: If this value does not exist, do the following:
    1. Click on Edit.
    2. Click on New.
    3. Select DWORD value.
    4. Type DumpsterAlwaysOn and press ENTER.
      NOTE: Capitalization does count!

  4. Double click on the DumpsterAlwaysOn value.
  5. Type 0 to disable the option (1 to enable) and press ENTER.
  6. Close Registry Editor.

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Posted by Rob at 09:47, 5 June, 2009 to the following categories: Microsoft Office 2000 , Microsoft Office 2003 , Microsoft Office XP , Microsoft Outlook , Microsoft Outlook 2000 , Microsoft Outlook 2003 , Microsoft Outlook XP/2002 , Microsoft Windows Registry Tweaks .

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