OK, so my brother-in-law just got let go from his printing management job as a result of the COVID-19 mess. The company has recently laid off a lot of people, so he knew it could happen but was hoping he'd be one they would keep. He has been working at home since the COVID-19 shutdown, using a company provided computer since he was forced to work at home. He found out on Tuesday that he's laid off effective immediately, and he has to turn his computer in next Monday. He has some personal files on the computer like emails sent to friends when his mom passed and probably some Word documents, and other miscellaneous files. Nothing that would be an issue with the company. Just personal stuff he'd prefer was deleted before he turns in the computer. Well, apparently the computer permissions (?) won't allow him to delete any files. Nothing. It's always been that way apparently. I'm thinking that since the computer is owned by the company he worked for, they might not want any users deleting files. Anyway, whatever the reason, the Recycle Bin is locked. He can't delete anything. Is there any easy way for him to unlock the Recycle Bin and gain back the ability to delete those personal files? And then, I guess, re-lock the Recycle Bin when he's finished? He'd prefer to not use a special APP to do this since he doesn't have that much to delete.
I know this is kind of a strange deal, but trust me, this has nothing to do with covering up something illegal, nothing malicious, etc. He simply wants to delete any personal files he created. Oh, and there's NO PORN on his computer! LOL.
Can anyone offer up any advice for him? Thanks in advance for your help.
I know this is kind of a strange deal, but trust me, this has nothing to do with covering up something illegal, nothing malicious, etc. He simply wants to delete any personal files he created. Oh, and there's NO PORN on his computer! LOL.
Can anyone offer up any advice for him? Thanks in advance for your help.