Re: Recycle Bin won't allow me to empty
- From: daimone <daimone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:08:02 -0700
I do not know what did it, but I did both the command prompt that you John
suggested in combination with the chkdsk and it is back to normal. Thank you
for all your help. I really appreciate it. You saved my computer!:)
"daimone" wrote:
He sent me a folder with about anywhere from five to ten subfolders.
vertically which was all on a flash drive, I copied the stuff to my computer
to run it.
John I already did a
rmdir s/ c:\recycler
but I will try yours and see if it works,
-creator Chkdsk is when you have the computer scan and repair bad file
sectors correct? I already ran that last night to see if it would work, it
didn't still claims that I have a file, but I cannot see it even when
accessing it through the C: drive with hidden and system files visible. Even
worse is that it is the same error repeating when I delete it.
Thanks for the advice so far. I will try the options again. Hopefully it
will be fixed with one of you guys/girls advice. Thanks again
"AJR" wrote:
Couple of observations: 1. Note "..."Error Deleting File or Folder
Cannot delete [filename] : The file name you specified is not valid or
too long".." - file may not be too long but has an invalid name.
2. "...Every time I try to delete it it says: "Do You Want to Delete
Windows?"..." Generally XP will not permit deleting "windows" folder or
certain ssytem files.
Specifically what did your friend send you?
(BTW - any "security" utility "protecting" the bin?)
"thecreator" <thecreator@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It's simple. Schedule a Chkdsk /f to be perform at boot.and let it run.
In other words, reboot and let chkdsk /f run. Then the Recycle Bin will be
emptied, that is, shown to be empty.
Deleting the Recycle Bin is not necessary.
--
thecreator
"daimone" <daimone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I know how I came to this point but not what to do about it. I received a
folder with numerous files divided up into multiple categories from a
friend
that was essentially junk such as jokes, funny pictures, 5mb movies of
people
and animals doing stupid stuff, etc. I then deleted the folder. I
clicked
the recycle bin to empty it and it seemed to go off okay until I realized
that the Recycle Bin icon was still full. The problem as near as I can
figure
it is that the file names of one of the files that he gave me was too
long to
delete. It is only one file but every time I try to delete it it says:
"Do You Want to Delete Windows?"
-Click Yes
"Error Deleting File or Folder
Cannot delete [filename] : The file name you specified is not valid or
too long"
Normally I would just restore the folder and rename the file but the
folder
has already been deleted and restore isn't there. There is a file in the
operating folder titled "Recycler" but not when you access the recycle
bin
icon. If anybody has any ideas on how to solve this, it would be much
appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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