Are you sure you want to delete WINDOWS ?

[Mike]

I deleted a few songs from my folder and then emptyed
recylce bin. I went and did a few things and came up and
saw that there was something else in the recycle bin. So
I right clicked it and hit 'Empty Recycle Bin' and it
said 'Are you sure you want to delete WINDOWS'. This
caught my eye and as a percaution I clicked NO and set a
restore point. After that I opened the bin folder and saw
nothing. So I then tryed emptying the bin, but I got this
error: "Cannot delete Dc1: Access is denied.

Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and
that the file is not currently in use."

I dont want to delete windows and I cant get it out, do
you know how I can get it out? Thanks, and if this has
anythign to do with spyware or a virus let me know. I
will run scans anyway. I am running IE6 on Windows XP
SP2. I have zone alarm and norton system works.

BUT WAIT! As I was about to submit, I saw a bunch of
icons turn up on my desktop. Looks like spyware, I have
had zone alarm off since it was blocking something I was
doing. I will run a scan and reply with what I come up
with. Your word is appriciated.

 

[?? Ben]

YOU CAN ALSO PERFORM A SCAN ONLINE. MAYBE FREE OF CHARGE.

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

You obviously have not been to windows update in a long, long time. There
was a patch on windows update 7 or 8 months ago that took care of this
problem. You can't actually delete windows, it was a bug that was repaired
by one of the patches.

Bobby

 

[ChrisBedford]

Yeah, it's been a few years (!) but this one is till around...

...not fixed by any patches, not in the form I am getting it anyway.

I have found I can reliably reproduce this error message by deleting any entry in my "favourites" (bookmarks) in IE 7 or 8. The *correct* way to delete items from Favourites is to go to "Organise Favourites" and delete there - *not* right-click and select "delete" directly in the favourites menu.

But I have also found the way to reliably fix the issue is just to reboot. Obviously there is some error-check routine on startup that cleans up the recycler.

Toodle-pip!

 

[JacktheGlad]

And now, in 2010

With XP Pro SP 3, IE 8, automatic updates, strong antivirus and antimalware protection, we still have the Recycle Bin "DC1: Access Denied" error.

As the last member said, it always goes away on reboot. But it would be nice to see a real patch for this irritating bit of malfunctioning software.

Perhaps, in some far flung future decade.....

 

[ChrisBedford]

One of those things

Hah, perhaps... or not. XP's official end of life has been announced, and somehow I doubt minor (well they must consider it minor, it's ben around since at least April '07!) bugs will get any further attention.

XP retired from the price lists about a year ago (as a retail or DSP product) and as of this month is no longer shipped as OEM install or downgrade option on machines from the Name manufacturers.

RIP WinXP!

PS: I discovered that even using the "correct" procedure for deleting from favourites, I still get this error. There simply is no way to remove favourites without having to reboot to clear the trash! Perhaps I have installed some ill-behaved software but without reinstalling for the nth time - something I only do in an emergency - and then trying my patience to the extreme by installing packages one at a time and testing, I doubt I'll ever catch the rogue. Too bad, so sad, live with it!