Trying to empty a W2K recycle bin

[jbully_va]

I have a brand new build of Windows 2000 SP4, two days old. When the
enduser tries to empty the recycle bin, he gets the error, "Cannot
delete desktop: Access Denied. The source file may be in use."

Thinking he may be trying to delete an open file, I created empty .TXT
files to delete, but get the same message each time.

I've searched TechNet and various newsgroups, but I have not found
anything matching my situation. Anyone have any clues?

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[Dave]

Right click the Recycle Bin and choose Explore. see what else is in
there. maybe an admin who had the access deleted a profile or something
and didn't empty it on his own. when the user trys they would get an error.

Dave

 

[jbully_va]

I logged on as local administrator and checked this. Nothing was
waiting. I also succesfully deleted a plain .TXT file without error.
I logged on as myself and did the same thing, no error. When I had the
user log in and delete a file he got an error. I logged in as the
local administrator and blew away his profile and rebooted the machine.
When I had the user log in again, creating a new profile, he got an
error when he tried to delete a .TXT file.