Well...I have Windows Vista and my Recycle Bin has been giving me some trouble......Here's the trouble...when I delete things, the only items that show up are the ones i delete while the recycle bin is open. Like....if i have the recycle bin open and i delete something, it shows up and says there is actually an item in the recycle bin (it says the correct number), BUT if i close the recycle bin and reopen it, the folder says 0 items again (but shows it's full) and there are no items showing...then when 'Empty Recycle Bin' is clicked, it asks if i'm sure i want to delete # items.......is there something else i can do so the items show up all all the time?

Hello confused14, Try to repair the Recycle Bin http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/6... Also see the following article. http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/1...

the first website you gave me i tried...it didn't work like it didn't fix the problem....and i have already tried the second one with the cmd one...and idk if i want to try deleting the recycle bin...is there anything i can do? unless deleting the recycle bin actually really does work...i'm kind of worried about it

You can delete the Recycle Bin. To get it back: -Right-click the Desktop -select Personalize -select Change Desktop Icons -place a checkmark in Recycle Bin

for deleting the recycle bin....what if i can't find the $RECYCLE.BIN folder? i've searched the computer and i don't know where it is.....is that a bad thing?