Recycle bin says it has 25 files but directory shows none.

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gely

Dear Friends, my recyle bin indicates that there are files
to be deleted. When I try to empty the bin it asks, "Do
you want to empty 25 files from the bin?" But, after
clicking yes the bin shows no files have been erased.
Further, when I open the recycled directory no files are
displayed.

Can you help?
 
Open the Command Promp
Click [Start
Click Ru
Type cmd.ex
Press [Enter
Type c
Press [Enter
Type cd recycle
Press [Enter
Type attrib /s /
Press [Enter
Do you see the files
Delete them with the "del" comman
Each user's "Bin" will contain a desktop.ini and INFO02 file. (DO NOT delete these
To delete your files, type del c:\recycler\filename.ex
Press [Enter

Austin M. Horst
 
Austin: Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, when I
went to the c: root directory and typed in cd recycler it
said "the system cannot find the specified path". Any
other thoughts??

Thank you
 
try 'cd \recycled'

[email protected] said:
Austin: Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, when I
went to the c: root directory and typed in cd recycler it
said "the system cannot find the specified path". Any
other thoughts??

Thank you

-----Original Message-----
Open the Command Prompt
Click [Start]
Click Run
Type cmd.exe
Press [Enter]
Type c:
Press [Enter]
Type cd recycler
Press [Enter]
Type attrib /s /d
Press [Enter]
Do you see the files?
Delete them with the "del" command
Each user's "Bin" will contain a desktop.ini and INFO02 file. (DO NOT delete these)
To delete your files, type del c:\recycler\filename.ext
Press [Enter]


Austin M. Horst
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Austin M. Horst said:
Open the Command Prompt
Click [Start]
Click Run
Type cmd.exe
Press [Enter]
Type c:
Press [Enter]
Type cd recycler
Press [Enter]
Type attrib /s /d
Press [Enter]
Do you see the files?
Delete them with the "del" command
Each user's "Bin" will contain a desktop.ini and INFO02 file. (DO NOT delete these)
To delete your files, type del c:\recycler\filename.ext
Press [Enter]
Click to expand...

Instead of going down to the file level, I recommend deleting the entire
RECYCLER (or RECYCLED) folder, especially including the INFO2 file. A lot
of Recycle Bin problems can be traced to corrunption of that file.
Windows will create a new RECYCLER folder the next time it's needed.
 
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