recycle bin shows full and nothing is in there

[+++++]

can someone help. the recycle bin shows it has trash in
there buth there is nothing in there. when i have the
recycle bin open and i click on empty recycle bin, it
says are you sure you want to delete windows. ther's
nothing in there to delete. I've tried to restore the
icon default in the diplay settings but does not work
What do i do for it to work properly?

[Thorsten Matzner]

"+++++" > wrote:

>can someone help. the recycle bin shows it has trash in
>there buth there is nothing in there. when i have the
>recycle bin open and i click on empty recycle bin, it
>says are you sure you want to delete windows. ther's
>nothing in there to delete. I've tried to restore the
>icon default in the diplay settings but does not work
>What do i do for it to work properly?

Try to reset the Bin. Boot to the Recovery Console and use the command
DEL to empty all the RECYCLED folders on all drives, then use RD to
remove these folders itself.
"Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314058)
"How to Access the Recovery Console During Startup"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307654)

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(tm)

[Daniel]

"+++++" > wrote in message
...
> can someone help. the recycle bin shows it has trash in
> there buth there is nothing in there. when i have the
> recycle bin open and i click on empty recycle bin, it
> says are you sure you want to delete windows. ther's
> nothing in there to delete. I've tried to restore the
> icon default in the diplay settings but does not work
> What do i do for it to work properly?

Here is a trick I use: Try to delete a text file (make a blank one) or
anything at all that puts it in the recycle bin. When "that" file is in the
bin, click on "empty recycle bin". This will clear the bin and will show it
is empty. ---Daniel