corrupt recycle bin?

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when I go to empty my recycle bin I get a message telling me that it is
corrupt, what does that mean and how is it corrupt (and what can I do about
it?)
 
Hi head,

when I go to empty my recycle bin I get a message telling me that it is
corrupt, what does that mean and how is it corrupt (and what can I do about
it?)
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Open a command prompt (Start > Run > cmd)
and type the following line, according to the type of your partition:

For a NTFS partition:
RD /S X:\RECYCLER

For a FAT32 partition:
RD /S X:\RECYCLED

(Where X is the letter of the drive where Windows is installed)

This will delete the recycle bin; being a system folder, it will be
restored immediately, hopefully without the corruption.

Good luck
 
Roger Im sorry to say but its back!!! I applied the fix from Sp1a as MS recommends and did the fix you said to do, it works fine for a couple of days then it comes back!!! Any other Ideas
 
Hi,

Roger Im sorry to say but its back!!! I applied the fix from Sp1a as MS recommends and did the fix you said to do, it works fine for a couple of days then it comes back!!! Any other Ideas
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Check this:

819766 - The Recycle Bin Is Corrupted or Not Valid in Windows Server
2003
If you are using a Windows Server 2003-based computer, you cannot
access your Recycle Bin. When you double-click the Recycle Bin, you
may receive an error message that states that the Recycle Bin is
either corrupted or not valid.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;819766

Good luck
 
Hi,

Apparently something is corrupting the bin. You said you applied the
patch SP1a, have you applied later patches?
Maybe it is something that got corrected in later hotfixes, so it'd be
worth a look to see if you have the current patches.

Did you change something in the hardware/software configuration or was
it just the SP1a patch?

A feature of this patch is that it does not have the MS Java Machine.
Try installing the Sun Java Machine from here:
http://java.sun.com/getjava

Good luck
 
Hi,

Go to Start > Run and type chkdsk /r
It will ask you if you want to do it after the next reboot. Type y

Upon the next reboot it will check the harddisk for errors and will
fix them. It will take awhile.

Let's see if this helps.
 
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