Active Directory Administration Cookbook

How to do it...

You can enable the Active Directory Recycle Bin from within the Active Directory Administrative Center, when you're signed in with an account that is a member of the Enterprise Admins group on a domain controller that runs Windows Server with Desktop Experience. To do this, perform the following steps:

1. Open the Active Directory Administrative Center (dsac.exe).
2. Select the forest name in the left navigation pane.

3. In the action pane on the right, click the Enable Recycle Bin link. Alternatively, you can right-click the domain name in the left navigation pane, and select the Enable Recycle Bin… option from the context menu. The Enable Recycle Bin Confirmation popup appears:

4. In the Enable Recycle Bin Confirmation pop up, ...