hidden file wont delete from recycle bin

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Joe Velson

When I empty the recycle bin I receive following message:
"cannot delete desktop: file or path name not found"

There is no desktop file visible in the recycle bin in the
first place. Is the recycle bin corrupted or is there a
hidden file that I cannot see?
 
Hello Joe

It seems as if you have a file called desktop.ini that does not show as a file in the gui, in the recycle bin

Go to a CMD prompt and cd\recycle
then dir /a - it will show you a long folder name
CD into that folder and run a DIR /
Does it show a Desktop file ? You should be able to delete it here

Hope this helps
Lowell Allen III - MSF
 
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