Recycle Bin won't empty stubborn folder

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greyhelps

Running Windows XP Home Edition w/all current updates, I
have a 173,972kb folder w/files which used to be a user's
profile that will not empty from Recycle Bin. I get error
titled "Error Deleting File or Folder" with the
text "Cannot delete immages[1]: Cannot find the specified
file. Make sure you specify the correct path and file
name."
Note: Hostname has changed in the past and I had two
profiles for the same person and so deleted one. Other
massive file deletions like this went over without a hitch
and new files or folders sent to Recycle Bin empty with no
problem. I just lived with this for a long while, but
performance is so very slow now I am revisiting old
problems with new vigor. Logging on can take an hour now
and opening an empty text file can take 5 minutes. HD is
1/2 full. 374MB RAM. HP Pavilion xt938. McAfee VirusScan
Online instl'd.
Any Ideas?
 
I always use the administrator account. Mine is the
original account. Previously, it would not let me restore
the folder either,but recently something changed and I was
able to restore the folder. I hope the user didn't lose
anything important. I backed up their personal files from
their desktop(why do people insist on storing thigs in
places other than My Documents) and hope there wren't
othters hidden anywhere else.
I think the problem came from changing the host name of
the PC. XP seems to want to re-create duplicate profiles
when this is done. I deleted one of them and might have
changed the computername before trying to empty the
recycle bin. It would not cempty or restore this folder
for the longest time.
Recycle bin is now empty. Problem solved.
- greyhelps
-----Original Message-----
Log on with an Administrator Account. Empty Recycle bin.
-----Original Message-----
Running Windows XP Home Edition w/all current updates, I
have a 173,972kb folder w/files which used to be a user's
profile that will not empty from Recycle Bin. I get error
titled "Error Deleting File or Folder" with the
text "Cannot delete immages[1]: Cannot find the specified
file. Make sure you specify the correct path and file
name."
Note: Hostname has changed in the past and I had two
profiles for the same person and so deleted one. Other
massive file deletions like this went over without a hitch
and new files or folders sent to Recycle Bin empty with no
problem. I just lived with this for a long while, but
performance is so very slow now I am revisiting old
problems with new vigor. Logging on can take an hour now
and opening an empty text file can take 5 minutes. HD is
1/2 full. 374MB RAM. HP Pavilion xt938. McAfee VirusScan
Online instl'd.
Any Ideas?


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