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Old 02-17-2008, 05:08 AM
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Question I have a poblem with my recycle bin


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I have a poblem with my recycle bin. My OS is Windows XP with SP2. When I click to empty recycle bin I get the following message :

Error deleting file or folder
Cannot delete desktop : access is denied
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.


I click OK

And the message disappears to return again immediately.

I press OK again and the recycle bin empties.

Surely this is not the way I know how the recycle bin should operate normally.

Can anyone offer me some advice how to get rid of this nuisance and problems.

Thanks to all.



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Old 02-17-2008, 05:24 PM
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I have never run across this problem before so try this.

Do a system restore to a point before this problem started to occur.

If this restore works and fixes the problem make a new restore point...



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Is there a folder named Desktop in your recycle bin?



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I'd also suggest, downloading XP toy TweakUI and run it...sometimes XP gets its paths crossed...press one icon and another prog starts, totally unrelated to the icon's supposed path.



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Is there a folder named Desktop in your recycle bin?
No. Thanks. Waiting for your feedback



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I have never run across this problem before so try this.

Do a system restore to a point before this problem started to occur.

If this restore works and fixes the problem make a new restore point...
Thanks but unfortunately this problem started months ago and now I think it's a bit late. Probably that what I should have done when the problem started.



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Did you delete a users folder?

Also you can go into the recycle bin select groups of files, delete them, until you get down to one that gives you the same message. Once you know what file is giving you the issue there are utilites that will let you delete a file when access is denied.

EMCO MoveOnBoot - Reviews and free EMCO MoveOnBoot downloads at Download.com

Also you could try to empty recycle bin after booting into safe mode. (F8 before windows startup)



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OK, I had this problem, and I fixed it.

Background, and causes:
A Windows update a while back caused my main user profile to become corrupt. Therefore, I logged on as a different user, backed up my main profile (by manually copying the folder to another drive), and then proceeded to search for the corrupt file (which actually revealed itself during the copy).
When I removed this file, I was able to log on normally, so I deleted the back-up. This created a situation where a corrupt file, and several files I didn't "own" or have permissions to delete were now in the recycle bin. However, they didn't show up in the recycle bin!

Here's how fixed it.
1. Right-click "My Computer" and select "Explore.
2. Make hidden and system files visible. Tools>Folder Options..."View" tab, then hit the "Show hidden files and folders" radio button, and uncheck "Hide protected Operating System files." While we're here, you can also uncheck "hide extensions for known file types" because I hate that "feature." However, it's unrelated to the task at hand.
3. Expand the C drive in the file tree, and look for a folder called "Recycler."
4. Select it to reveal its contents. You'll need to delete these files and folders inside "Recycler." You'll probably need a special tool to do this, because they likely have locking handles, and are very likely to be protected by at least one other measure. Try "Unlocker." Unlocker - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com
5. After installing Unlocker, select all the files in this folder, then right-click one of them (you will almost certainly have to wait a few seconds for the right-click menu to show. Be patient, it will come up.)

6. Select "Unlocker" from the right-click menu, then if there are locking handles found, you'll see a list of processes to which these handles belong. There's a drop-down menu in the lower right, select "delete" here, and then click "Unlock all." If there are no locking handles found, you'll just need to select "Delete" from the drop-down and click "OK." You'll very likely be told that Unlocker can't delete these files now, but it will offer to do so at next boot. Accept that, then restart your computer!

Note: if you have more than one hard drive or partition, you will need to clear out all the Recycler folders. There's one in each partition/drive.

That should fix the problem. When the Windows comes back up after the reboot, try deleting a file and then emptying the recycle bin, just to be sure.

Hope that helps!

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