Problem emptying recycle bin

[Jay]

I deleted a file and then went to the recycle bin and deleted it from there.
I noticed the disk space had not been freed up (it's a bit file - 800MB+)
even though the file was deleted and the recycle bin was empty. I hit 'Empty
the recycle bin' again and it came up with 'Are you sure you want to delete
WINDOWS?'

If I say yes then it says 'Cannot delete Dc7: Access is denied.'

What the heck is going on here?


Jay

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

See if you can restore the file, then try renaming it and see if you can
then delete it.

 

[Guest]

try to undelete the file, open the file in an editor and
truncate the file to 0 size. then delete the file again.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hi Jay,

IMPORTANT: All the files deleted previously will be erased permanently.

If this does not help, create a dummy notepad document and save it. Delete
the file and let it go to recycle bin.
Now, empty recycle-bin

Solution 2: You may want to delete the Recycled folder or follow Kelly
Theriot's repair solution. (Deleting the info2 file). That should definitely
solve it. You may need to restart Windows after that. (it worked for me
after rebooting the system)
Troubleshooting the Recycle Bin:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rb

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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I deleted a file and then went to the recycle bin and deleted it from there.
I noticed the disk space had not been freed up (it's a bit file - 800MB+)
even though the file was deleted and the recycle bin was empty. I hit 'Empty
the recycle bin' again and it came up with 'Are you sure you want to delete
WINDOWS?'

If I say yes then it says 'Cannot delete Dc7: Access is denied.'

What the heck is going on here?


Jay

 

[Jay]

Hi Jay,

IMPORTANT: All the files deleted previously will be erased permanently.

If this does not help, create a dummy notepad document and save it. Delete
the file and let it go to recycle bin.
Now, empty recycle-bin

A reboot freed up the 800MB from the previous post but there is still a
problem.


I created a dummy file, deleted it, went to the recycle bin and emptied it.
It asked if I wanted to delete *2* files but of course there was only one
there.

It also came up with the error: Cannot delete Dc8...

Solution 2: You may want to delete the Recycled folder or follow Kelly
Theriot's repair solution. (Deleting the info2 file). That should definitely
solve it. You may need to restart Windows after that. (it worked for me
after rebooting the system)
Troubleshooting the Recycle Bin:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rb

From the command line I went to C:\recycler

This directory was empty

C:\>cd recycler

C:\RECYCLER>attrib -s -h -r info2
File not found - info2

C:\RECYCLER>attrib -s -h -r info
File not found - info

C:\RECYCLER>

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Goto C:\Recycled

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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Hi Jay,

IMPORTANT: All the files deleted previously will be erased permanently.

If this does not help, create a dummy notepad document and save it. Delete
the file and let it go to recycle bin.
Now, empty recycle-bin

A reboot freed up the 800MB from the previous post but there is still a
problem.


I created a dummy file, deleted it, went to the recycle bin and emptied it.
It asked if I wanted to delete *2* files but of course there was only one
there.

It also came up with the error: Cannot delete Dc8...

Solution 2: You may want to delete the Recycled folder or follow Kelly
Theriot's repair solution. (Deleting the info2 file). That should definitely
solve it. You may need to restart Windows after that. (it worked for me
after rebooting the system)
Troubleshooting the Recycle Bin:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rb

From the command line I went to C:\recycler

This directory was empty

C:\>cd recycler

C:\RECYCLER>attrib -s -h -r info2
File not found - info2

C:\RECYCLER>attrib -s -h -r info
File not found - info

C:\RECYCLER>

 

[Jay]

C:\>
C:\>cd C:\Recycled
The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\>
C:\>

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Each drive contains the "Recycled" folder. You may report this problem to
the email id given here:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rb

All the best.

--
Ramesh - Microsoft MVP
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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C:\>
C:\>cd C:\Recycled
The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\>
C:\>