My Recycle Bin is Broken

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I am running Vista Home Premium.
When I delete files (send to recycle bin) they are immediately deleted. I
checked the bin’s properties and the “remove Files immediately†button is not
selected.
Anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this so my files stay in the Recycle
Bin until I want to permanently delete them? Thanks
 
The recyle bin has a limit in the amount of space it can use. When you
delete files carefully read the confirm message to see if the file is being
permanently deleted.
 
The message says "Are you sure you want to move this file to the recycle bin?"
I tried a few files no bigger than 16K and they are deleted as soon as I
click "yes". The max size of the bin is 326GB

None of the files are in the bin.
 
When you open your recycle bin, does it show the amount of spaced used? I
mean if it says anything other than 0kb
 
Have you recently installed some software?
RickM said:
The message says "Are you sure you want to move this file to the recycle
bin?"
I tried a few files no bigger than 16K and they are deleted as soon as I
click "yes". The max size of the bin is 326GB

None of the files are in the bin.
 
Nothing new added. I think I will deleted the bin and creat a new one.





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In past versions of Windows, I recall that default size of a Recycle
folder = 10% of the specific Hard Drive's space. I can't speak for
how Vista allots that space.
You could check and see where it set to and make sure it's 10%. If
it's set to 3% or less it will automatically delete that more often.

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