WINDOWS folders in the recycling Bin

[Guest]

Hello Win XP gurus

I have found a problem that may not be a problem. My Recycle Bin shows that there are files (folders) to be recycled, but no icons show up in the Recycling Bin. When I click <Empty Recycling Bin> it asks me if I'm sure I want to delete 'WINDOWS.' This is a frightening thought, but I suspect these are just discarded system files that Win XP didn't automatically discard

By drilling down from My Computer, I have determined these files to be
S-1-5-21-3100350780-3632850650-535889457-1003 of Thu 17 Jul 2003 3:44:57 P
S-1-5-21-507921405-1563985344-854245398-1003 of Thu 17 Jul 2003 1:55:42 P
S-1-5-21-476213160-470787304-3845205161-1009 of Sun 28 Dec 2003 4:50:25 P
an
S-1-5-21-476213160-470787304-3845205161-1007 of Wed 31 Dec 2003 4:49:34 PM

These folders look like discarded or temporary Registry folders, so I think they're safe to discard. Any thoughts on whether I should go ahead and delete them forever? I'd hate to permanently delete too much

Best regards

Bill in Invernes

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Bill,

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). You may need to restart Windows after that.

Troubleshooting the Recycle Bin:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rb

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Hello Win XP gurus,


I have found a problem that may not be a problem. My Recycle Bin shows that there are files (folders) to be recycled, but no icons show up in the Recycling Bin. When I click <Empty Recycling Bin> it asks me if I'm sure I want to delete 'WINDOWS.' This is a frightening thought, but I suspect these are just discarded system files that Win XP didn't automatically discard.

By drilling down from My Computer, I have determined these files to be
S-1-5-21-3100350780-3632850650-535889457-1003 of Thu 17 Jul 2003 3:44:57 PM
S-1-5-21-507921405-1563985344-854245398-1003 of Thu 17 Jul 2003 1:55:42 PM
S-1-5-21-476213160-470787304-3845205161-1009 of Sun 28 Dec 2003 4:50:25 PM
and
S-1-5-21-476213160-470787304-3845205161-1007 of Wed 31 Dec 2003 4:49:34 PM.

These folders look like discarded or temporary Registry folders, so I think they're safe to discard. Any thoughts on whether I should go ahead and delete them forever? I'd hate to permanently delete too much.


Best regards,

Bill in Inverness

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi,
Troubleshooting the Recycle Bin:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm#rb
regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

 

[Guest]

Thank you Ramesh

Your pointing me to Kelly's Korner gave me the assurance that I could identify what was in the hidden files in my Recycling Bin via "exploring" the Recycler folder. After identifying that I only risked losing two files (which I restored), I used Delete sequentially on all the other files to see what that did. Cleaning the Recycling Bin did not clear the original problem that there was a "WINDOWS" entry in the Recycling Bin that I could not see. Finally, I just did an Empty Recycling Bin and the offending folder has disappeared

Please pass along my diagnostic I'd do it myself, but my wireless access and Internet access were destroyed by the ill-advised (stupid) KB826942 update so I've resorted to simply ignoring error reports (I'm now reporting via another computer). Please explain that many users of non-WPA wireless networks have been snookered into upating via KB86942 and gotten totally disgusted with Misrosoft. The update should have made WPA, WEP or uncrypted all options and we could have coped

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