recycle bin XP

[Ron B]

My bin is not showing any contents but if I click on the
empty bin command the confirmation box pops up with the
message do you want to delete 8 files etc.
There is no indication what these files are.

I have restored settings to a previous time of three weeks
ago after seeing the delet message which siad "do you want
to delete windows?"

How can I restore bin to show contents.

Ron

[Thorsten Matzner]

"Ron B" > wrote:

>My bin is not showing any contents but if I click on the
>empty bin command the confirmation box pops up with the
>message do you want to delete 8 files etc.
>There is no indication what these files are.

Start the Recovery Console and use the DEL and RD commands to delete
all the RECYCLED folders on your drives.
"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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[Kelly]

Hi Ron,

Files not being listed in the Recycle Bin seem to be related to a corrupt
info2 file. To correct the issue (Fat32):
Go to Start/Run and type in CMD:

Type CD \RECYCLED, and then press ENTER.
Type ATTRIB -r -s -h info2, and then press ENTER.
Type DEL INFO2, and then press ENTER.

NOTE: This deletes the damaged INFO2 file. Windows will recreate this file
as needed, automatically.

You can often restore files even if it is not being listed in the Recycle
Bin by searching (Start/Search) for the files by name, once found rename
them. If the files still cannot be recovered, follow the steps above, then
reboot. They should now be listed.

More information here:

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

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Kelly

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"Ron B" > wrote in message
...
> My bin is not showing any contents but if I click on the
> empty bin command the confirmation box pops up with the
> message do you want to delete 8 files etc.
> There is no indication what these files are.
>
> I have restored settings to a previous time of three weeks
> ago after seeing the delet message which siad "do you want
> to delete windows?"
>
> How can I restore bin to show contents.
>
> Ron