Oddity in the Recycle Bin

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Windows XP Home Edition SP3
Internet Explorer 8

Doing routine maintenance this evening I got rid of several small videos and
mpegs which I'd uploaded to you-tube; I emptied the recycle bin and then
defragged and when the defrag finished I noticed there was still something in
the recycle bin. I first double-left clicked rb, and it showed nothing. Then
I right clicked and clicked "open" and it still showed nothing even though on
the desktop recycle bin icon showed something. So, I clicked "Empty Recycle
Bin" and was asked "Are you sure you want to delete 'Windows'?" Naturally I
hit "cancel" and the icon on the desktop still shows something in recycle bin.

Anybody know whassup??
 
perhaps, you might find
a clue if you right click
on the recycle bin and
explore and /or review
the properties page.

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waykey said:
Windows XP Home Edition SP3
Internet Explorer 8

Doing routine maintenance this evening I got rid of several small
videos and mpegs which I'd uploaded to you-tube; I emptied the
recycle bin and then defragged and when the defrag finished I noticed
there was still something in the recycle bin. I first double-left
clicked rb, and it showed nothing. Then I right clicked and clicked
"open" and it still showed nothing even though on the desktop recycle
bin icon showed something. So, I clicked "Empty Recycle Bin" and was
asked "Are you sure you want to delete 'Windows'?" Naturally I hit
"cancel" and the icon on the desktop still shows something in recycle
bin.

Anybody know whassup??

Try pressing F5 to refresh the desktop.
 
Windows XP Home Edition SP3
Internet Explorer 8

Doing routine maintenance this evening I got rid of several
small videos and mpegs which I'd uploaded to you-tube; I
emptied the recycle bin and then defragged and when the
defrag finished I noticed there was still something in the
recycle bin. I first double-left clicked rb, and it showed
nothing. Then I right clicked and clicked "open" and it
still showed nothing even though on the desktop recycle bin
icon showed something. So, I clicked "Empty Recycle Bin"
and was asked "Are you sure you want to delete 'Windows'?"
Naturally I hit "cancel" and the icon on the desktop still
shows something in recycle bin.

Anybody know whassup??

I've had that happen a few times, also the icon showing "full"
for a while after it's been empty. Shitty MS coding. Refreshing
the desktop (F5) or rebooting will usually get rid of it.
 
Windows XP Home Edition SP3
Internet Explorer 8

Doing routine maintenance this evening I got rid of several small videos
and mpegs which I'd uploaded to you-tube; I emptied the recycle bin and
then defragged and when the defrag finished I noticed there was still
something in the recycle bin. I first double-left clicked rb, and it
showed nothing. Then I right clicked and clicked "open" and it still
showed nothing even though on the desktop recycle bin icon showed
something. So, I clicked "Empty Recycle Bin" and was asked "Are you sure
you want to delete 'Windows'?" Naturally I hit "cancel" and the icon on
the desktop still shows something in recycle bin.

Anybody know whassup??

I have seen this happen in various versions of Windows. The recycle bin get's confused and the only solution I
have ever found was to reboot.
 
Wacky Windows!

Today when I logged on the recycle bin still showed contents just like
yesterday; I went on about my business, and eventually got rid of some more
files via recycle bin, three to be exact. Instead of the usual "empty" option
I deleted each of the three new files individually; once the third was
deleted the desktop icon showed no more contents. Weird. I guess, as you say,
it was just "confused".
 
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