What is $RECYCLE.BIN in MAC? I had a directory called $RECYCLE.BIN which I did not create. I deleted it accidentally and as result all other directories beside it was removed too.

This is what happened in the terminal:

b@thebeast ~/Downloads]$ ls
$RECYCLE.BIN
Note.txt
Objective-C Essential Training
[ben@thebeast ~/Downloads]$ rm -r $RECYCLE.BIN
[ben@thebeast ~/Downloads]$ ls
[ben@thebeast ~/Downloads]$


Does anybody have had the same experience or know what is special about this $RECYCLE.BIN?
Were you running Parallels Desktop with a Windows Virtual Machine?

These folders are created if you are using the Shared Folders feature in Parallels Desktop. You can disable it in Virtual Machine -> Configure -> Shared Folders.

These folders can be safely deleted if you don't care about their contents.