windows is asking me "do i want to delete windows" when i empty

[Guest]

my recycle bin is showing that there is sumthing in it, but ervery time that
i try to empty it, its asking me if i want to delete windows. I have shown
all hidden folders in the recycle bin and there is nothing in there. we have
run multipule virus scans and they are showing nothing.

 

[John John]

my recycle bin is showing that there is sumthing in it, but ervery time that
i try to empty it, its asking me if i want to delete windows. I have shown
all hidden folders in the recycle bin and there is nothing in there. we have
run multipule virus scans and they are showing nothing.

Try the notepad trick. Send an empty notepad file in there and see what
happens. It doesn't always work but sometimes it does and it's a pretty
easy thing to try. You can right click an empty area on your desktop
then click on "New" to create the Text Document. Then just send it on
its merry way to the Recycle Bin.

If that doesn't do anything then you can try deleting the recycler
folder(s), Windows will recreate it when you reboot. From a command
prompt issue the following command:

rd /s /q c:\recycler

Remember that if you have more than one drive you will have to issue the
command for each drive, changing the c: with the appropriate drive letter.

These articles may be of interest:

How the Recycle Bin Stores Files
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q136517/

Files Are Not Deleted From Recycler Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;229041

John

 

[Gordon]

my recycle bin is showing that there is sumthing in it, but ervery time
that i try to empty it, its asking me if i want to delete windows. I have
shown all hidden folders in the recycle bin and there is nothing in there.
we have run multipule virus scans and they are showing nothing.

Go here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm
scroll down to Replace/Repair the Recycle bin and follow the instructions.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

This is a common problem.

I have seen this myself on my machine.

[[Are you sure you want to delete WINDOWS?]]

Makes you stop and think when you see that message, doesn't it? ;-)

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

Additional info here >>

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