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Windows In Recycle Bin
I just went to empty my recycle bin and got the message "Are you sure you
want to delete Windows?" I checked my recycle been folder and nothing appears in the folder. I suspect there is something in the recycle bin because the Empty Recycle Bin is not Ghosted out (like it is when it is empty). This is really scaring me. I ran AVG and it did not detect any virus but maybe it's something AVG can't detect. Anyone have any ideas on what I should do. I'm definitely not emptying my recycle bin until I figure out what is going on. May have to reset the 7 day auto empty function. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, -- MacKenrick |
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Windows In Recycle Bin
"Mackenrick" wrote in message ... I just went to empty my recycle bin and got the message "Are you sure you want to delete Windows?" I checked my recycle been folder and nothing appears in the folder. I suspect there is something in the recycle bin because the Empty Recycle Bin is not Ghosted out (like it is when it is empty). This is really scaring me. I ran AVG and it did not detect any virus but maybe it's something AVG can't detect. Anyone have any ideas on what I should do. I'm definitely not emptying my recycle bin until I figure out what is going on. May have to reset the 7 day auto empty function. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, -- MacKenrick It is not that serious a problem as you may fear it to be. Try right clicking on the Recycle Bin desktop icon, select "Properties"|Drive "c", close. If that does not fix it, follow these steps: Open a command window and close any other programs that are running. Open Task Manager by typing ctrl-alt-del, Processes, select the process "explorer.exe" and end it but don't close the Task Manager window. Go to the open command window and type this : rd /s /q c:\Recycler. Exit from the command window by typing "exit". Return to the Task Manager window, select "Applications", in the box type "Explorer"|OK . If your desktop is fixed restart Windows. Finally a third way which sometimes works is to go to My Computer, select drive c:, Properties|Disk Cleanup, check the box to empty the Recycle Bin|OK and restart Windows. -- Allan |
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