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Restrict users from deleting recoverable deleted items

How can I restrict users from permanetly deleting items from the recoverable deleted items?  Or better yet, hide the recoverable deleted items from their view?  I have a mailbox store policy that holds deleted items for 60 days before deleting them, but not sure if that is making the items undeleteable?  
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To stop them from clicking 'Recover Deleted Items' do the following. On the client machines search for and rename the file dumpster.ecf . This is actually an Add-in in Outlook. You will find(in Outlook 2003) it in Tools-Options-Other-Advanced-Add-in Manager called Deleted Item Recovery.

When you rename this file it greys out the option to recover deleted files. The same can be accomplished by unticking the add-in

If you have done this and for some reason want the option back, rename the file to its original name go into the add-in manager and click add, select the dumpster.ecf file and it will re-add the option(after you have restarted outlook, you may have to tick it again too)

Hope this helps

Daniel
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That sounds like a winner Daniel, but is there any way that you know how to accomplish this through a group policy?  I don't want any one signing on to the network to be able to delete those items.  Thank you for you help.  
Ok, I tried that and office just reinstalls the add in if you rename the file.  
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