Re: Recycle Bin error : "do you really want to delet WINDOWS" ?

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had already restarted before posting : no change
applied Kelly's tip already before posting as well : no change

Will do the scandisk / chkdsk checks at next boot and keep informed !
Thanks

"Unk" <not@xxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:44:19 +0100, "MoiMeme" <vermeulenp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>since today, my recycle bin allways show the "full" icon. When I right
>>click
>>it and select empty recycle bin, I get the above mentionned message about
>>deleting "WINDOWS" ( ???? ). I click yes since that cannot be WINDOWS.
>>Nothing happens, and teh message appears each time I want to empty the
>>bin,
>>and the bin stays "full" if I truts the icon and the question asked when I
>>want to empty it.
>>
>>Any idea WHY ? How correct ?
>>
>>TIA !!
>>
> First, just shutdown and restart Windows to see if that fixed it.
>
> If not, try this: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
> See line 64 (Right side) "Repair the Recycle Bin in Windows XP"
>
> Lastly, you could have a corrupted recycle bin (or file within it).
> Open a DOS box and type:
>
> ( If your system is FAT32 )
> cd \RECYCLED
> attrib -R -A -S -H /S /D
> chkdsk /F /R /X
>
>
> ( If your system is NTFS )
> cd \RECYCLER
> attrib -R -A -S -H /S /D
> chkdsk /F /R /X
>
>
> Empty the bin again, if necessary.
>


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