Files Do Not Show Up in Recycle Bin???

[Ms. Katz]

I am not able to see my files in the Recycle Bin when I
open it. How do I resolve this problem???

 

[Paul B T Hodges]

There are certain instances when files which you delete do not get put in
the recycle bin,
2 which come to mind are.

1. The file is too big to fit but in this situation you normally get a
message asking if you want to completely remove it.

2. The file you have deleted is on a network share. In this instance the
file is just removed, no prompt, no nothing. I don't why, you'd think you'd
at least get a warning.

Paul

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

There are certain instances when files which you delete do not get
put in the recycle bin,
2 which come to mind are.

1. The file is too big to fit but in this situation you normally get a
message asking if you want to completely remove it.

2. The file you have deleted is on a network share. In this instance
the file is just removed, no prompt, no nothing. I don't why, you'd
think you'd at least get a warning.

Pau

I have noted times however when I have hundreds of items in the bin, but I
can't view them in the Recycle Bin directly - Explorer just shows the
flashlight forever. I can however see delted files if I run a search for
particular files.


Mike Williams - Office MVP
http://www.mvps.org/

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[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

I have seen this occur when there is an "issue" with one of the files. Just
as I have seen this when trying to burn music CD's. One song will lock the
process - every time. Yet, the song can be played with media player.

Also, if the original CD with this song was left in the CD tray during boot,
the computer wouldn't - ever!!! It would be stuck in the bios screen for
hours!

 

[Mike Williams [MVP]]

I have seen this occur when there is an "issue" with one of the
files. Just as I have seen this when trying to burn music CD's. One
song will lock the process - every time. Yet, the song can be played
with media player.

My intuition would be an "issue" with the metadata handler of some media
files. Windows already does a bad job of handling lots of large media files
in regular folders - I had to kill the registry key for one such handler to
stop thrashing in folders with more than a dozen or so large video files.

 

[Paul B T Hodges]

I thought of a number 3

If you right click on recycle bin on the desktop and click properties
Is Remove files immediately selected ?

Paul