Hi Wes,
Thank you for your attention. I tried your suggestion as you explained
it, running Error Checking l Rebooting l Emptying the Recycle Bin.
Later, I viewed the chdisk log and did see the Information entry listed
as Winlogin with Event 1001. Unfortunately, those 4 invisible
files/folders are still hidden in the Recycle Bin and the same Error
message comes up: Cannot delete Cofig: Access is denied.
I saw another thread in Windows XP General Newsgroup written on 12/14/06
by a member, kingconger who had a similar question with a Subject of:
"Recycle Bin * no files showing, but they are..." A responder, John
John, had 2 suggestions which I also tried but, they didn't work. One
suggestion was to try to delete the Recycler folder from a Command Prompt
of: rd /s /q c:\recycler
Twelve (not 4) lines of information, seemingly related to eachother, some
redundant, all end with "- Access is denied." It reveals though that the
information in the Recycler folder has do with a part of a file that
manages my USB Wireless Adapter. I had much trouble recently, deleting
and updating the Client Manager for the adapter. I believe this is the
culprit.
I don't know what to do next. Is there a way to delete all contents in
the Recycler folder?
Thank you for any help.
Thecent
Wesley Vogel said:
You probably have a damaged/corrupted file in the Recycle Bin.
Run Error Checking | Reboot | Try to empty the Recycle Bin again.
1. In My Computer or Windows Explorer, right-click the volume you want to
check, and then click Properties.
2. On the Tools tab, click Check Now.
3. Select both of these:
* Automatically fix file system errors
* Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors
A message will popup.
[[The disk check could not be performed because the disk check utility
needs exclusive access to some Windows files on the disk. These files
can be accessed only by restarting Windows. Do you want to schedule this
disk check to occur the next time you restart the computer?]]
Click YES.
You have to reboot for Error-checking to run.
Then reboot.
For a peek at the chkdisk log.
Start | Run | Type: eventvwr | OK
Look in Application | Listed as Information
under Winlogon, Event 1001
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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Drew said:
I'm hoping someone might help me. I have 4 "phantom" files or folders
left in my recycle bin that I can't delete. The recycle bin shows 0
bytes in it, however, when I initiate Empty the Recycle Bin, a box comes
up to Confirm Multiple File Delete. When I confirm with Yes, an Error
Box comes up stating "Error Deleting File or Folder... Cannot delete
Config: Access is denied". This started when I had problems with Windows
Defender and had to uninstall/reinstall also, included System Restore.
I went through my Event log and tried earnestly to search through
microsoft.com to try and understand any suspected error, to no avail.
Could anyone help? Thank you.
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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Thecent said:
I'm hoping someone might help me. I use Windows XP Pro on an HP
notebook and I have 4 "phantom" files or folders left in my recycle bin
that I can't delete. The recycle bin shows 0 bytes in it, however,
when I initiate Empty the Recycle Bin, a box comes up to Confirm
Multiple File Delete which doesn't seem to pertain to any file or
folder. I confirm with Yes and an Error Box comes up stating "Error
Deleting File or Folder... Cannot delete Config: Access is denied".
This started when I had problems with Windows Defender and had to
uninstall/reinstall also, which included System Restore. I went through
my Event log and tried earnestly to search through microsoft.com to try
and understand any suspected error, to no avail. Could anyone help?
Thank you.
