Recycle Bin wants to delete WINDOWS

[Guest GianLuca]

From time to time I see the Recycle Bin icon indicates content. When I

attempt to empty it I receive a message that says "Are you sure you

want to delete WINDOWS?"

 

Once I called its bluff and clicked on yes. It did not delete WINDOWS.

What is happening here and can it be corrected?

 

This is not a virus.

[Guest Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Re: Recycle Bin wants to delete WINDOWS

 

Restart your computer and the issue will be resolved.

 

 

<GianLuca> wrote in message

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> From time to time I see the Recycle Bin icon indicates content. When I

> attempt to empty it I receive a message that says "Are you sure you

> want to delete WINDOWS?"

>

> Once I called its bluff and clicked on yes. It did not delete WINDOWS.

> What is happening here and can it be corrected?

>

> This is not a virus.

[Guest Nightowl]

Re: Recycle Bin wants to delete WINDOWS

 

And if it isn't :-) try this:

 

[1] Open a Command window and shut down any other running programs.

Ctrl-Alt-Del to open the Task Manager.

 

[2] In Task Manager look on the Processes tab and select Explorer.exe,

Click on the End Process button. (Your desktop and taskbar will

disappear and you'll be left with just Task Manager and the Command

window. Don't panic! :-) Leave Task Manager open and return to the

Command window.

 

[3] Now at the prompt type: rd /s /q C:\Recycler <enter> type: exit

<enter> to close the Command window.

 

[4] Go back to Task Manager and on the Applications tab click the button

for New Task. In the box that pops up type: Explorer <OK>. Your desktop

should return to normal. Close Task Manager and reboot.

 

[5] When you return to Windows the bin icon may still show as full. Put

a test file in the bin and then right-click to empty it. Hopefully now

it should all be working.

 

Good luck! Do please let us know how you get on.

 

--

Nightowl

 

 

Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:

>Restart your computer and the issue will be resolved.

 

GianLuca@?.?.invalid wrote on Sun, 5 Oct 2008:

>From time to time I see the Recycle Bin icon indicates content. When I

>attempt to empty it I receive a message that says "Are you sure you

>want to delete WINDOWS?"

>

>Once I called its bluff and clicked on yes. It did not delete WINDOWS.

>What is happening here and can it be corrected?

>

>This is not a virus.