Hidden file?

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My question is I have a file that is scanned every time I do a virus scan it is called \RECYCLER\. I have no such file on my system by that name. It seems to have alot of files though and I wish to get rid of it. I have all the hidden files shown but still do not see it. This drive was in my first computer and now is in my second as a storage drive. Problem is it is storeing alot of information and seems like I see some old games as well.I have Norton sytem works 2004 along with Norton personal firewall 2004 and I always keep my pc up to date windows/antivirus/spyware checks I even have symantec and Mcafee do scans from their sites to check me out. My knowledge of windows file system is none at all so I'm guessing when I say could it be the page file kept by windows for that drive. Windows is on a seperate drive by it's self then I have the storage drive C&D C=80gb and D=40gb. I keep all my backups on D the storage too.
 
its the recycle bin.

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My question is I have a file that is scanned every time I
do a virus scan it is called \RECYCLER\. I have no such
file on my system by that name. It seems to have alot of
files though and I wish to get rid of it. I have all the
hidden files shown but still do not see it. This drive was
in my first computer and now is in my second as a storage
drive. Problem is it is storeing alot of information and
seems like I see some old games as well.I have Norton
sytem works 2004 along with Norton personal firewall 2004
and I always keep my pc up to date
windows/antivirus/spyware checks I even have symantec and
Mcafee do scans from their sites to check me out. My
knowledge of windows file system is none at all so I'm
guessing when I say could it be the page file kept by
windows for that drive. Windows is on a seperate drive by
it's self then I have the storage drive C&D C=80gb and
D=40gb. I keep all my backups on D the storage too.
 
If it is the recycle bin then why is it keeping track of all the files that were deleted? How can I get rid of the info? I empty my recycle bin and even norton protected files. Is there anyone that knows how to get rid of the data stored within it. There has to be years of it there cause I can still see games I first had on my 1st computer.
 
I found some references to the files in the registry how can I safely remove them. I'm new to registry editing and can not with confidence edit them out. If this key that I see is infact the files to delete.
 

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