Re: recycle bin not showing C: drive

From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 12/02/04


Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 00:10:46 -0600

Most welcome and glad to hear all is well. Thanks for the feedback.

-- 
All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)
Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
"Caesar" <Caesar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:A515CA65-21C6-4BA3-A26B-548678DDD42D@microsoft.com...
> Thank you Kelly, this seemd to fix it.  Lucvdv I appreciate your help as 
> well
> but for some reason I could do everything you instructed but it didn't 
> hold
> on reboot.  I did a few other things then ran Kelly's "rd" line and on 
> reboot
> its working thank you both.
>
> "Kelly" wrote:
>
>> Did you use the SUBST command to create a virtual drive?  Either way, see 
>> if
>> this helps and good luck!
>>
>> Suggestion:
>>
>> Make sure that something is in the Recycle Bin (delete any file). With 
>> the
>> Recycle Bin closed, right click and choose: Empty Recycle Bin. When the
>> confirm box appears, click ok. Reboot. Now the Recycle Bin should work
>> correctly.
>>
>> Another option:  rd /s /q c:\recycler
>>
>> Added info:
>>
>> Troubleshooting the Recycle Bin
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rb
>> -- 
>> All the Best,
>> Kelly (MS-MVP)
>>
>> Troubleshooting Windows XP
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>>
>>
>> "Caesar" <Caesar@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:44F12109-1F74-4727-97E7-99CFDDC81E6D@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a partitioned drive c and D are both 75 GBs a piece and the E 
>> >drive
>> >is
>> > 10GBs.  The problem is I had a problem with files not emptying from the
>> > recycle bin so I ran these commands
>> >
>> > attrib -s -h recycler
>> > del recycler
>> >
>> > It fixed my initial problem but when I boot up in properties all I see 
>> > is
>> > the D and E drive properties.
>> >
>> > If I run the commands again it works fine but if not what I delete goes
>> > away
>> > automatically even though the settings are there so that things don't 
>> > go
>> > right away.  How can i fix this problem?  I am using XP Pro sp2 and 
>> > this
>> > only
>> > started happening since I ran those attrib comands at the C prompt.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > C
>>
>>
>> 


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