My Recycle Bin is messed up

[Guest]

hey could someone help me? whenever i delete something, it goes to the
recycle bin(like its supposed to), and whenever i press empty recycle bin, it
says, Access Denied: Cannot Delete Dc1, and meanwhile there is nothing in the
recycle bin that fits that description, for example this is a file, Windows
XP.doc, and i delete it, i go to empty it and it says the Dc1 thing and i
cant empty the recycle bin...any suggestions on what i should do?

 

[Gerry Cornell]

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Plato]

hey could someone help me? whenever i delete something, it goes to the
recycle bin(like its supposed to), and whenever i press empty recycle bin, it
says, Access Denied: Cannot Delete Dc1, and meanwhile there is nothing in the
recycle bin that fits that description, for example this is a file, Windows
XP.doc, and i delete it, i go to empty it and it says the Dc1 thing and i
cant empty the recycle bin...any suggestions on what i should do?

Disable nortons protected recycle bin if you have it running.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Dc1 is a file without an extension and means D it was Deleted, c that it
was/is on the C: drive and 1 means that it is the second Deleted file in the
Recycle Bin.

You probably have a damaged/corrupted file in the Recycle Bin. Probably
DC1.

Run Error Checking | Reboot | Try to empty the Recycle Bin again.

1. In My Computer or Windows Explorer, right-click the volume you want to
check, and then click Properties.
2. On the Tools tab, click Check Now.
3. Do one of the following:

o To run Chkdsk by using the /f parameter, select the Automatically fix file
system errors check box, and then click Start.
[[Specifies whether Windows repairs file-system errors found during disk
checking. All files must be closed for this program to run. If the drive is
currently in use, a message asks if you want to reschedule
the disk checking for the next time you restart your computer. Your drive is
not available to run other tasks while the disk is being checked.]]

o To run Chkdsk by using the /r parameter, select the Scan for and attempt
recovery of bad sectors check box, and then click Start.
[[Specifies whether Windows repairs file-system errors found during disk
checking, locates bad sectors, and recovers readable information. All files
must be closed for this program to run. If the drive is currently in use, a
message asks if you want to reschedule the disk checking for the next time
you restart your computer. Your drive is not available to run other tasks
while the disk is being checked. If you select this option, you do not need
to select Automatically fix file system errors. Windows fixes any errors on
the disk.]]

You have to reboot for Error-checking to run.

For a peek at the chkdisk log.
Start | Run | Type: eventvwr | OK
Look in Application | Listed as Information
under Winlogon, Event 1001



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