Re: Unable to empty recycle bin

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On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 23:26:25 +0530, InNeedOfHelp
<InNeedOfHelp.3q12na@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Well I've got a really annoying problem. I can't empty my recycle bin. I
recently deleted a folder from my portable hard disc (the folder is
called: Adema.PROPER-RELOADED). Now whenever I try to empty the recycle
bin, the following error message pops up: "Cannot delete the folder
Dg6.PROPER-RELOADED: the folder is not empty"

Note! I'm from a foreign country and had to translate that, so that
probably isn't -exactly- what it would say in english, but at least it
means the same.

Now what's really weird, is that when I unplug the hard disc, the
folder disappears from the recycle bin, and suddenly comes back again
once I plug the hard disc back in. And no, deleting the file from the
hard disc, then trying to delete it from the recycle bin doesn't work
either. Any ideas about what I'm supposed to do to fix this?

With a similar problem, I was able to delete otherwise "stuck" files from the
Recycle bin by logging on in SAFE mode as the ADMINISTRATOR. (This would not
work if I logged on as myself, even with administrator privileges; I had to log
in as ADMINISTRATOR).
--ron
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