phantom recycle bin file

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fresh install of win98 and i have a folder showing in recycle bin that
refuses to be deleted...The recycle bin shows as empty on the desktop
but when it is opened, a folder is shown...the folder was originally
in a second drive and is showing there as well.....before i formatted
and loaded windows the folder had been deleted on the other drive but
recycle was not emptied....when i go to delete the file i get the
following error:
cannot delete file - file system error [1026]

it does not show in registry either

any ideas how i can get rid of this phantom??
 
fresh install of win98 and i have a folder showing in recycle bin that
refuses to be deleted...The recycle bin shows as empty on the desktop
but when it is opened, a folder is shown...the folder was originally
in a second drive and is showing there as well.....before i formatted
and loaded windows the folder had been deleted on the other drive but
recycle was not emptied....when i go to delete the file i get the
following error:
cannot delete file - file system error [1026]
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It's probably a system file. But since you don't give details...
it does not show in registry either
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Why would a file in the trash appear in the registry?
any ideas how i can get rid of this phantom??
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How about reboot into DOS and use deltree to delete the entire folder?
 
ray said this...
any ideas how i can get rid of this phantom??
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On a couple of occasions I've had phantom files like this. Sometimes if you
create and delete something else so you put "real" items into the recycle
then you can do an empty and it clears the lot.
 
try running disc cleanup

start > programs > accessories > system tools

ray said:
fresh install of win98 and i have a folder showing in recycle bin that
refuses to be deleted...The recycle bin shows as empty on the desktop
but when it is opened, a folder is shown...the folder was originally
in a second drive and is showing there as well.....before i formatted
and loaded windows the folder had been deleted on the other drive but
recycle was not emptied....when i go to delete the file i get the
following error:
cannot delete file - file system error [1026]

it does not show in registry either

any ideas how i can get rid of this phantom??
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ran disk cleanup and it got rid of the file but there is still a file
that is cant be deleted even though you can see nothing in the recycle
folder....? it may just go away i have also run tweak> repair
oh well windows aint perfek
 
ray <[email protected]> said:
fresh install of win98 and i have a folder showing in recycle bin that
refuses to be deleted...The recycle bin shows as empty on the desktop
but when it is opened, a folder is shown...the folder was originally
in a second drive and is showing there as well.....before i formatted
and loaded windows the folder had been deleted on the other drive but
recycle was not emptied....when i go to delete the file i get the
following error:
cannot delete file - file system error [1026]

it does not show in registry either

any ideas how i can get rid of this phantom??
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I believe, from what I have read elsewhere, that this can be caused when
a drive that originally had a file deleted from it, then disappears
before the recycle bin is empted. There is now no reference to the
original file and so you get a delete error.

As far as I know, you need to delete it from a boot to DOS, as was
suggested elsewhere.
 
ray <[email protected]> said:
fresh install of win98 and i have a folder showing in recycle bin that
refuses to be deleted...The recycle bin shows as empty on the desktop
but when it is opened, a folder is shown...the folder was originally
in a second drive and is showing there as well.....before i formatted
and loaded windows the folder had been deleted on the other drive but
recycle was not emptied....when i go to delete the file i get the
following error:
cannot delete file - file system error [1026]

it does not show in registry either

any ideas how i can get rid of this phantom??
Click to expand...

I believe, from what I have read elsewhere, that this can be caused when
a drive that originally had a file deleted from it, then disappears
before the recycle bin is empted. There is now no reference to the
original file and so you get a delete error.

As far as I know, you need to delete it from a boot to DOS, as was
suggested elsewhere.
 
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