Recycle Bin won't allow me to empty

[Guest]

I know how I came to this point but not what to do about it. I received a
folder with numerous files divided up into multiple categories from a friend
that was essentially junk such as jokes, funny pictures, 5mb movies of people
and animals doing stupid stuff, etc. I then deleted the folder. I clicked
the recycle bin to empty it and it seemed to go off okay until I realized
that the Recycle Bin icon was still full. The problem as near as I can figure
it is that the file names of one of the files that he gave me was too long to
delete. It is only one file but every time I try to delete it it says:
"Do You Want to Delete Windows?"
-Click Yes
"Error Deleting File or Folder
Cannot delete [filename] : The file name you specified is not valid or
too long"

Normally I would just restore the folder and rename the file but the folder
has already been deleted and restore isn't there. There is a file in the
operating folder titled "Recycler" but not when you access the recycle bin
icon. If anybody has any ideas on how to solve this, it would be much
appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[John John]

Try deleting the recycler folder(s), Windows will recreate it when you
reboot. From a command prompt isssue the following command:

rd /s /q c:\recycler

Remember that if you have more than one drive you will have to issue the
command for each drive, changing the c: with the appropriate drive letter.

John

 

[thecreator]

It's simple. Schedule a Chkdsk /f to be perform at boot.and let it run.
In other words, reboot and let chkdsk /f run. Then the Recycle Bin will be
emptied, that is, shown to be empty.

Deleting the Recycle Bin is not necessary.

 

[John John]

Running chkdsk is not necessary to correct this problem. It is much
faster and easier to delete the Recycle Bin than it is to run a chkdsk
on the drive. Depending on the size of the drive it may literally take
hours if not days for the chkdsk to complete! You have also forgotten
to inform the user that there is *always* a risk of data loss when
running chkdsk and that when possible users should backup their files
before running chkdsk. Finally, chkdsk does not correct the problem of
file paths that are too deep, deep file paths must be shortened by other
means.

John

 

[AJR]

Couple of observations: 1. Note "..."Error Deleting File or Folder
Cannot delete [filename] : The file name you specified is not valid or
too long".." - file may not be too long but has an invalid name.

2. "...Every time I try to delete it it says: "Do You Want to Delete
Windows?"..." Generally XP will not permit deleting "windows" folder or
certain ssytem files.

Specifically what did your friend send you?

(BTW - any "security" utility "protecting" the bin?)

It's simple. Schedule a Chkdsk /f to be perform at boot.and let it run.
In other words, reboot and let chkdsk /f run. Then the Recycle Bin will be
emptied, that is, shown to be empty.

Deleting the Recycle Bin is not necessary.


--
thecreator

I know how I came to this point but not what to do about it. I received a
folder with numerous files divided up into multiple categories from a
friend
that was essentially junk such as jokes, funny pictures, 5mb movies of
people
and animals doing stupid stuff, etc. I then deleted the folder. I
clicked
the recycle bin to empty it and it seemed to go off okay until I realized
that the Recycle Bin icon was still full. The problem as near as I can
figure
it is that the file names of one of the files that he gave me was too
long to
delete. It is only one file but every time I try to delete it it says:
"Do You Want to Delete Windows?"
-Click Yes
"Error Deleting File or Folder
Cannot delete [filename] : The file name you specified is not valid or
too long"

Normally I would just restore the folder and rename the file but the
folder
has already been deleted and restore isn't there. There is a file in the
operating folder titled "Recycler" but not when you access the recycle
bin
icon. If anybody has any ideas on how to solve this, it would be much
appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

He sent me a folder with about anywhere from five to ten subfolders
vertically which was all on a flash drive, I copied the stuff to my computer
to run it.
John I already did a
rmdir s/ c:\recycler
but I will try yours and see if it works,
-creator Chkdsk is when you have the computer scan and repair bad file
sectors correct? I already ran that last night to see if it would work, it
didn't still claims that I have a file, but I cannot see it even when
accessing it through the C: drive with hidden and system files visible. Even
worse is that it is the same error repeating when I delete it.
Thanks for the advice so far. I will try the options again. Hopefully it
will be fixed with one of you guys/girls advice. Thanks again

Couple of observations: 1. Note "..."Error Deleting File or Folder
Cannot delete [filename] : The file name you specified is not valid or
too long".." - file may not be too long but has an invalid name.

2. "...Every time I try to delete it it says: "Do You Want to Delete
Windows?"..." Generally XP will not permit deleting "windows" folder or
certain ssytem files.

Specifically what did your friend send you?

(BTW - any "security" utility "protecting" the bin?)

It's simple. Schedule a Chkdsk /f to be perform at boot.and let it run.
In other words, reboot and let chkdsk /f run. Then the Recycle Bin will be
emptied, that is, shown to be empty.

Deleting the Recycle Bin is not necessary.


--
thecreator

I know how I came to this point but not what to do about it. I received a
folder with numerous files divided up into multiple categories from a
friend
that was essentially junk such as jokes, funny pictures, 5mb movies of
people
and animals doing stupid stuff, etc. I then deleted the folder. I
clicked
the recycle bin to empty it and it seemed to go off okay until I realized
that the Recycle Bin icon was still full. The problem as near as I can
figure
it is that the file names of one of the files that he gave me was too
long to
delete. It is only one file but every time I try to delete it it says:
"Do You Want to Delete Windows?"
-Click Yes
"Error Deleting File or Folder
Cannot delete [filename] : The file name you specified is not valid or
too long"

Normally I would just restore the folder and rename the file but the
folder
has already been deleted and restore isn't there. There is a file in the
operating folder titled "Recycler" but not when you access the recycle
bin
icon. If anybody has any ideas on how to solve this, it would be much
appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

I do not know what did it, but I did both the command prompt that you John
suggested in combination with the chkdsk and it is back to normal. Thank you
for all your help. I really appreciate it. You saved my computer!

He sent me a folder with about anywhere from five to ten subfolders
vertically which was all on a flash drive, I copied the stuff to my computer
to run it.
John I already did a
rmdir s/ c:\recycler
but I will try yours and see if it works,
-creator Chkdsk is when you have the computer scan and repair bad file
sectors correct? I already ran that last night to see if it would work, it
didn't still claims that I have a file, but I cannot see it even when
accessing it through the C: drive with hidden and system files visible. Even
worse is that it is the same error repeating when I delete it.
Thanks for the advice so far. I will try the options again. Hopefully it
will be fixed with one of you guys/girls advice. Thanks again

Couple of observations: 1. Note "..."Error Deleting File or Folder
Cannot delete [filename] : The file name you specified is not valid or
too long".." - file may not be too long but has an invalid name.

2. "...Every time I try to delete it it says: "Do You Want to Delete
Windows?"..." Generally XP will not permit deleting "windows" folder or
certain ssytem files.

Specifically what did your friend send you?

(BTW - any "security" utility "protecting" the bin?)

It's simple. Schedule a Chkdsk /f to be perform at boot.and let it run.
In other words, reboot and let chkdsk /f run. Then the Recycle Bin will be
emptied, that is, shown to be empty.

Deleting the Recycle Bin is not necessary.


--
thecreator


I know how I came to this point but not what to do about it. I received a
folder with numerous files divided up into multiple categories from a
friend
that was essentially junk such as jokes, funny pictures, 5mb movies of
people
and animals doing stupid stuff, etc. I then deleted the folder. I
clicked
the recycle bin to empty it and it seemed to go off okay until I realized
that the Recycle Bin icon was still full. The problem as near as I can
figure
it is that the file names of one of the files that he gave me was too
long to
delete. It is only one file but every time I try to delete it it says:
"Do You Want to Delete Windows?"
-Click Yes
"Error Deleting File or Folder
Cannot delete [filename] : The file name you specified is not valid or
too long"

Normally I would just restore the folder and rename the file but the
folder
has already been deleted and restore isn't there. There is a file in the
operating folder titled "Recycler" but not when you access the recycle
bin
icon. If anybody has any ideas on how to solve this, it would be much
appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[thecreator]

Hi daimone,

How many partitions are installed on your computer? Each partition has
its own Recycle Bin. Use Explore and locate the other Recycle Bins, or use
Disk Cleanup and run it for each partition listed or available, which may be
faster.

Even thou, you had have emptied the Recycle Bin for your operating
system's partition, the files may be located in another partition's Recycle
Bin. And until you run Disk Cleanup for each partition, the Recycle Bin,
will show it being full.

If all are empty, then run Chkdsk /f on the other partitions. You may
not have to reboot.


--
thecreator

He sent me a folder with about anywhere from five to ten subfolders
vertically which was all on a flash drive, I copied the stuff to my
computer
to run it.
John I already did a
rmdir s/ c:\recycler
but I will try yours and see if it works,
-creator Chkdsk is when you have the computer scan and repair bad file
sectors correct? I already ran that last night to see if it would work, it
didn't still claims that I have a file, but I cannot see it even when
accessing it through the C: drive with hidden and system files visible.
Even
worse is that it is the same error repeating when I delete it.
Thanks for the advice so far. I will try the options again. Hopefully it
will be fixed with one of you guys/girls advice. Thanks again

Couple of observations: 1. Note "..."Error Deleting File or Folder
Cannot delete [filename] : The file name you specified is not valid or
too long".." - file may not be too long but has an invalid name.

2. "...Every time I try to delete it it says: "Do You Want to Delete
Windows?"..." Generally XP will not permit deleting "windows" folder or
certain ssytem files.

Specifically what did your friend send you?

(BTW - any "security" utility "protecting" the bin?)

It's simple. Schedule a Chkdsk /f to be perform at boot.and let it
run.
In other words, reboot and let chkdsk /f run. Then the Recycle Bin will
be
emptied, that is, shown to be empty.

Deleting the Recycle Bin is not necessary.


--
thecreator


I know how I came to this point but not what to do about it. I received
a
folder with numerous files divided up into multiple categories from a
friend
that was essentially junk such as jokes, funny pictures, 5mb movies of
people
and animals doing stupid stuff, etc. I then deleted the folder. I
clicked
the recycle bin to empty it and it seemed to go off okay until I
realized
that the Recycle Bin icon was still full. The problem as near as I can
figure
it is that the file names of one of the files that he gave me was too
long to
delete. It is only one file but every time I try to delete it it says:
"Do You Want to Delete Windows?"
-Click Yes
"Error Deleting File or Folder
Cannot delete [filename] : The file name you specified is not valid
or
too long"

Normally I would just restore the folder and rename the file but the
folder
has already been deleted and restore isn't there. There is a file in
the
operating folder titled "Recycler" but not when you access the recycle
bin
icon. If anybody has any ideas on how to solve this, it would be much
appreciated. Thanks in advance.