Guest Rob Weigle Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 In Windows XP Pro SP3 (don't know if it happens in other versions), if I attempt to Empty an empty Recycle Bin, it asks me if I want to delete 'WINDOWS'. I was smart enough to say NO. Shouldn't that option be grayed out when your recycle bin is already empy?
Guest John John (MVP) Posted October 5, 2008 Posted October 5, 2008 Re: Empty Recycle Bin Windows isn't in your Recycle Bin, you probably have corrupt recycle bin files. You can delete the Recycle Bin and Windows will create a new one when you reboot. At a command prompt issue: rd /s /q c:\recycler John Rob Weigle wrote: > In Windows XP Pro SP3 (don't know if it happens in other versions), if I > attempt to Empty an empty Recycle Bin, it asks me if I want to delete > 'WINDOWS'. I was smart enough to say NO. Shouldn't that option be grayed out > when your recycle bin is already empy?
Guest Rob Weigle Posted October 5, 2008 Posted October 5, 2008 Re: Empty Recycle Bin Thank you, John. It seems to work. With empty recycle bin option to Empty Recycle Bin is now grayed out. Two things though: . before the rd command you should do a cd \ (to insure you are in the root). . The rd command gets (non-fatal) Access Denied error. "John John (MVP)" wrote: > Windows isn't in your Recycle Bin, you probably have corrupt recycle bin > files. You can delete the Recycle Bin and Windows will create a new one > when you reboot. At a command prompt issue: > > rd /s /q c:\recycler > > John > > Rob Weigle wrote: > > > In Windows XP Pro SP3 (don't know if it happens in other versions), if I > > attempt to Empty an empty Recycle Bin, it asks me if I want to delete > > 'WINDOWS'. I was smart enough to say NO. Shouldn't that option be grayed out > > when your recycle bin is already empy? >
Guest John John (MVP) Posted October 5, 2008 Posted October 5, 2008 Re: Empty Recycle Bin You need to be logged on as an Administrator to run the command. John Rob Weigle wrote: > Thank you, John. It seems to work. With empty recycle bin option to Empty > Recycle Bin is now grayed out. Two things though: > > . before the rd command you should do a cd \ (to insure you are in the > root). > > . The rd command gets (non-fatal) Access Denied error. > > "John John (MVP)" wrote: > > >>Windows isn't in your Recycle Bin, you probably have corrupt recycle bin >>files. You can delete the Recycle Bin and Windows will create a new one >>when you reboot. At a command prompt issue: >> >>rd /s /q c:\recycler >> >>John >> >>Rob Weigle wrote: >> >> >>>In Windows XP Pro SP3 (don't know if it happens in other versions), if I >>>attempt to Empty an empty Recycle Bin, it asks me if I want to delete >>>'WINDOWS'. I was smart enough to say NO. Shouldn't that option be grayed out >>>when your recycle bin is already empy? >>
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