RECYCLER SHOWS FULL

I posted this a few days ago. On my desktop my Recycle Bin shows full, but
when I enter it, there is nothing showing.

When I click on empty the recycle folder it asks me if I want to delete the
7 files.

Now it has reached 9 files?

Is there anyway to fix this?

Thanks

John
Sun May 11 09:32:33 PDT 2008

The recycler folder or info files are probably corrupt. Try deleting the
recycler folder(s), Windows will recreate it when you reboot. From a
command prompt isssue the following command:

rd /s /q c:\recycler

If you have more than one drive you will have to issue the command for
each drive, changing the c: with the appropriate drive letter.

John

Paul Koukos wrote:

> I posted this a few days ago. On my desktop my Recycle Bin shows full, but
> when I enter it, there is nothing showing.
>
> When I click on empty the recycle folder it asks me if I want to delete the
> 7 files.
>
> Now it has reached 9 files?
>
> Is there anyway to fix this?
>
> Thanks

Kelly
Sun May 11 11:13:38 PDT 2008

In addition to John John:

I've seen this happen if you use the SUBST command to create a virtual
drive.

IF you have a virtual drive. Do a SUBST DRIVER: /D
You should then be able to see the contents of you Recycle Bin

Added info:

Troubleshooting the Recycle Bin
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rb

--

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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"Paul Koukos" <PaulKoukos@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3598BB25-1336-44A0-AA7C-60048CD49817@microsoft.com...
>I posted this a few days ago. On my desktop my Recycle Bin shows full, but
> when I enter it, there is nothing showing.
>
> When I click on empty the recycle folder it asks me if I want to delete
> the
> 7 files.
>
> Now it has reached 9 files?
>
> Is there anyway to fix this?
>
> Thanks

PaulKoukos
Sun May 11 18:08:00 PDT 2008

That did the job. Thanks for your help

"John John (MVP)" wrote:

> The recycler folder or info files are probably corrupt. Try deleting the
> recycler folder(s), Windows will recreate it when you reboot. From a
> command prompt isssue the following command:
>
> rd /s /q c:\recycler
>
> If you have more than one drive you will have to issue the command for
> each drive, changing the c: with the appropriate drive letter.
>
> John
>
> Paul Koukos wrote:
>
> > I posted this a few days ago. On my desktop my Recycle Bin shows full, but
> > when I enter it, there is nothing showing.
> >
> > When I click on empty the recycle folder it asks me if I want to delete the
> > 7 files.
> >
> > Now it has reached 9 files?
> >
> > Is there anyway to fix this?
> >
> > Thanks
>

John
Sun May 11 18:41:31 PDT 2008

You're welcome, thanks for the follow up.

John

Paul Koukos wrote:

> That did the job. Thanks for your help
>
> "John John (MVP)" wrote:
>
>
>>The recycler folder or info files are probably corrupt. Try deleting the
>>recycler folder(s), Windows will recreate it when you reboot. From a
>>command prompt isssue the following command:
>>
>>rd /s /q c:\recycler
>>
>>If you have more than one drive you will have to issue the command for
>>each drive, changing the c: with the appropriate drive letter.
>>
>>John
>>
>>Paul Koukos wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I posted this a few days ago. On my desktop my Recycle Bin shows full, but
>>>when I enter it, there is nothing showing.
>>>
>>>When I click on empty the recycle folder it asks me if I want to delete the
>>>7 files.
>>>
>>>Now it has reached 9 files?
>>>
>>>Is there anyway to fix this?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>