Windows Recycle bin question

[Gentle Ben]

I was fooling with some settings and now my recycle bin icon shows there's stuff in there, (and there was) but when I open it, it says nothing in there,and no files are showing,also I have deleted a few things and they just delete, they no longer go into the recycle bin, any help? (win2k)(the bypass recycle bin option is not checked off in properties)
Thanks

 

[baci2004]

Right click on the icon and click properties.

You might have set the recycle bin size to 0%.

Also if you run nortons system works, it creates a protected files directory which can't be seen. You can access it through the right click menu as well.

Hope this helps

 

[Gentle Ben]

I've tried that, also changing the setting back & forth to do not move files to the recycle bin, rebooted and still nada

I use PC-Cillan Av

 

[Gentle Ben]

Damaged Recycled Folder
The Recycled folder itself can become damaged. Files are moved to the folder and the Recycle Bin on the desktop appears full, but you cannot view the contents and the Empty The Recycle Bin command is unavailable. Deleting this folder and restarting Windows will re-create this folder and restore functionality:

1. Restart to a command prompt.
2. Type attrib -s -h recycled.
3. Type del recycled.
4. Restart the computers.


this taken from Microsoft ,
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=136517&sd=RMVP

When they say to start in a command prompt, start in dos?

 

[Kassidy]

Open Start Up Menu

Click on Run
Type what they want you to


That is for XP Pro though so If you are runnign something different it might need to be something else

Kissidy

 

[Master Baiter]

... or if you really do need a DOS session in XP, click Start -> Run and type "cmd" (sans quotes) and then click the OK button. Type whatever you want from the command line...

 

[stang]

Start - Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Clean up

 

[Gentle Ben]

Thanks everyone, I did more reading , deleted the recycler and it auto restores on boot up, all is well!

seems to be a good help site here
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/