Just wondering...

When you place a file in the recycling bin, are other applications still allowed access to that file? I don't really know how to explain it, since I have no knowledge on the subject.

I have an application that also has a folder that was downloaded alongside the application, but that folder appears to be useless junk (but I'm not really sure what it is exactly). That said, I placed the folder in the recycling bin and the program seems to run just fine. Long story short, I'm wondering if there is any risk to actually deleting the crap in my recycling bin, including that folder.

Don't hate on me pls I have no idea how this stuff works

never mind, after I deleted the file it basically just made a duplicate and put it in the same place as the deleted one. Problem solved!  

when you delete the file, it will make a duplicate and put it in the same place as the deleted one.  

Posted by PigParty

when you delete the file, it will make a duplicate and put it in the same place as the deleted one.

Thanks, and I found out already by doing that exactly  

Nothing can be read in the recycle bin, but even changing the directory of a file would in most cases cause the program to lose access to it.  

Posted by Yog

Nothing can be read in the recycle bin, but even changing the directory of a file would in most cases cause the program to lose access to it.

That's what I was wondering as well, thanks. I figured that's how it worked since files need to stay put upon placing them in a project in video editing software. I just didn't know if that's how it worked for everything.