Cannot delete folders

[Stuart Reed]

Hi All

Two greyed out folders have appeared on my second hard drive (E) which I
cannot delete - "Access denied". They are:

System Volume Information
RECYCLER

Also there is gobackio.

Any help gratefully appreciated.

Stuart Reed

 

[philo]

Hi All

Two greyed out folders have appeared on my second hard drive (E) which I
cannot delete - "Access denied". They are:

System Volume Information
RECYCLER

Also there is gobackio.

Any help gratefully appreciated.

That's all normal...
so don't worry about it

 

[jack]

Yes, they are required. These are system files - Recycler for deleted files,
System restore for restore points. You can't delete them.

it is for the system's protection that you can't delete them

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Both System Volume Information and RECYCLER are Hidden System folders. The
reason that they are HIDDEN is so people like you will not try to delete
them.

RECYCLER is the Recycle Bin for E:.

System Volume Information is used to store System Restore data.

They both appear grayed out, actually dimmed, because they are HIDDEN
folders.

[[Hidden files and folders will appear dimmed to indicate they are not
typical items.]]

Each hard disk or partition contains a hidden folder named Recycler. The
Recycler folder is used only on NTFS partitions. On FAT32 the RECYCLED
folder is used. The Recycler folder contains a Recycle Bin for each user
that logs on to the computer, sorted by their security identifier (SID).

Windows allocates one Recycle Bin for each partition or hard disk. If your
hard disk is partitioned, or if you have more than one hard disk in your
computer, you can specify a different size for each Recycle Bin.

You can configure the drives Recycle Bin Properties independently or use one
setting for all drives. Right click Recycle Bin | Properties | Global tab |
* Configure drives independently
* Use one setting for all drives
* Do not move files to the Recycle Bin
* Maximum size of Recycle Bin (percent of each drive)
* Display delete confirmation dialog

E:\RECYCLER\Your SID # is your is YOUR Recycle Bin for the E: drive.

If there is only one user, then there is only one
SID # folder. That SID # folder is the Recycle Bin.

Security identifiers (SIDs) are numeric values that identify a user or
group.

This is MY SID #
S-1-5-21-1708537768-15xx36667-1202660629-1003

This is MY Recycle Bin
C:\RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1708537768-15xx36667-1202660629-1003

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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