HELP! HELP! HELP!

[David]

There is an item in my recycle bin that for some reason
has become invisible. I need to get this item visible so
that I can return it to its proper location. Before you
ask how do I know if there is an item in my recycle bin
when it is not visible, the answer is because when I run
disk cleanup it tells me that there is an item in the
recycle bin that can be deleted.

It was suggested that I click control panel/folder
options/view tab, then select show hidden files and
folders, the unselect hide protected operating system
files (recommended) and look for a folder called RECYCLER
where I would be able to view the folder and all of its
contents.

I performed the above steps and I was able to locate the
Recycler folder and I was able to open the folder, but
when I tried to view the contents of the folders, I still
received a blank screen, thus not showing me the item
contained which is still preventing me from returning
this item to its proper location.

I would appreciate further assistance in getting this
issue resolved.

 

[Paul B T Hodges]

Did you try going to a command prompt

and using

cd \recycler

dir/a/s

to see if it listed any files?

 

[David]

I did as you suggested and it shows 5 files. What do I
do next??????

 

[Paul B T Hodges]

If you want to restore, you'll have to figure out which file you want, and
copy it to a normal folder.

Paul

 

[David]

Can you please tell me how to open any of these files
from the command prompt and then if you use normal copy
and paste procedure to place the appropriate file into a
new folder?

 

[Paul B T Hodges]

No problem

Just cd into the directory where the file is,

A little tip, if you don't already know it,

At the top left hand corner of the command prompt window, click on the
little black square in the blue title bar, and select defaults, then under
the options tab, select "quick edit mode"

Come out and exit the command prompt and start another for the change to
take effect, you can now drag the mouse over name any name or path to
highlight it, then right click once to copy to the clipboard, and right
click again to copy from the clipboard to the command prompt.

This make life a hell of a lot easier than having to type long pathnames.

Anyway

Use the cd command to get into the directory where a file resides.

Use the copy command to copy it to another folder.

For example

cd \recycler

dir

Volume in drive D is Windows XP
Volume Serial Number is 0835-7FAA

Directory of D:\RECYCLER

27/10/2003 11:56 AM <DIR> .
27/10/2003 11:56 AM <DIR> ..
27/10/2003 11:56 AM <DIR>
S-1-5-21-789336058-507921405-1957994488-1003

cd S-1-5-21-789336058-507921405-1957994488-1003

dir

dd1.txt

copy dd1.txt c:\

You should now be able to see dd1.txt in windows explorer in the root
directory of the c: drive.

The delete it from its location in the recycler hierarchy


Paul