Badly bloated Recent Folder, please help!

[bill]

Windows XP Pro.

In my own folder under 'Documents and Settings" is a folder named 'Recent'
It is full of rubbish, i.e. folders I have never heard of and the size of
the Recent folder shows 244GB which is ridiculous as my drive is only
18gigg! Some of the dates are way in the future and I just can not get rid
of the folders.

Any ideas please!!

 

[Guest]

right click on <start>
left click <properties> <Start menu> <Customize>

 

[bill]

Thanx but I'm afraid that had no effect on the RECENT folder. Any other
suggestions ??

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

Try doing a CHKDSK (check disk).

Start > RUN > CHKDSK /F > Y > Restart PC

I would advise having a backup before doing this - in *case* something goes
wrong
with Chkdsk.

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[Rock]

Windows XP Pro.

In my own folder under 'Documents and Settings" is a folder named 'Recent'
It is full of rubbish, i.e. folders I have never heard of and the size of
the Recent folder shows 244GB which is ridiculous as my drive is only
18gigg! Some of the dates are way in the future and I just can not get
rid
of the folders.

Bill, you posted this same question yesterday and had several replies. Did
you see those replies and try what was suggested? If so what was the
outcome? It's best to keep your follow up posts in the same thread for
continuity. If you can't find your post from yesterday, you made it at
11:04 hours Pacific Time.

If you can't find a post search for it using Google Groups Advanced Search.
Search in this newsgroup, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general on your name as
author for posts on 5/2.

http://groups.google.com/advanced_search?q=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en

I see you're using Outlook Express so I don't understand why you can't find
the post. Are you downloading enough headers? Also do a Ctrl-H to filter
showing the threads you have been involved in.

 

[bill]

Thanx Rock, I did find them but none of those solutions are helping. One
error I get when trying to delete says - Cannot read from source file or
disk.

 

[Rock]

Thanx Rock, I did find them but none of those solutions are helping. One
error I get when trying to delete says - Cannot read from source file or
disk.

I recommend you keep to the previous thread Bill, otherwise all it creates
is duplication of effort.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Cannot delete file Cannot read from the source file or disk

You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320081

See: Invalid File Names here...
How to locate and correct disk space problems on NTFS volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315688

How to Remove Files with Reserved Names in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/120716

How to Remove Files with Reserved Names in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315226

<quote>
Cause 3: File system corruption is preventing access to the file
You may not be able to delete the file if the file system is corrupted. To
resolve this issue, run the Chkdsk utility on the disk volume to correct any
errors.

Bad sectors on the disk, other faulty hardware, or software bugs can corrupt
the file system and put files in a problematic state. Typical operations may
fail in a variety of ways. When the file system detects corruption, it logs
an event to the event log and you typically receive a message that prompts
you to run Chkdsk. Depending on the nature of the corruption, Chkdsk may or
may not be able to recover file data; however, Chkdsk returns the file
system to an internally consistent state. For additional information about
using the Chkdsk utility, click the following article numbers to view the
articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Error message: The file or directory is corrupt...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176646

An explanation of the new /C and /I Switches that are available to use with
Chkdsk.exe
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314835
<quote>
from...
You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320081


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[bill]

Sorry, sorry guys !! CHKDSK /f eventually did the trick! All the rubbish is
gone.
Thanx a million to all you helpful guys. I used to think the win98 guys were
the best but this group is terrific.

Thanx again for your time and effort.

 

[Rock]

Glad you got it fixed. Thanks for posting back what worked for you.