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Recycle Bin Error
Name: xetcetc Date: May 6, 2005 at 22:07:00 Pacific OS: Won98SE CPU/Ram: 256MB
Comment:
Whenever I try to delete a file or right-click the Recycle Bin, I get the following error "The recycle bin format is invalid. Do you want to empty the recycle bin" 2. What should be done??
Name: Old Salt Date: May 6, 2005 at 22:20:49 Pacific
Reply:
If you Google
" The recycle bin format is invalid "
you will see it can be caused by a number of things, such as changes to the date format or invalid colour and a few more, date format change seems to be high on the list.
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