Preventing users from using the dumpster in Outlook
Originally published September 15, 2005
I don't know that I would ever do this, but I thought the solution was pretty cool.
If you have a situation where you want to prevent users from using Deleted Item Recovery in Outlook, you have a mechanism for preventing them from doing so. However, a savvy user can still go to Outlook Web Access. But it takes a VERY smart user to figure out how to do Deleted Item Recovery from OWA for anything but the default Deleted Items folders.
But you, the administrator, can still do Deleted Item Recovery for the user. As noted, doing this makes more work for you - the Exchange administrator. But in a control-heavy environment it might be worth it.
This information came from: Nikki Peterson - EGOVX [NikkiPeterson@mail.maricopa.gov].
How to disable an Outlook user’s ability to "Recover Deleted Items":
- Exit and Logoff from Outlook
- Delete the file [c:]\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Addins\dumpster.ecf
- Restart Outlook
NOTE: If you receive an error on startup, go to the ADD-INS section of outlook, and remove the check mark from the Recover Deleted Items option.
How to undo or re-enable an Outlook user’s ability to "Recover Deleted Items":
- Exit and Logoff from Outlook
- Copy the file dumpster.ecf to [c:]\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Addins
- From ADD-INS, select INSTALL, and select dumpster.ecf