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Recycle Bin: Can't see deleted file
Name: jbarttt Date: December 19, 2004 at 20:48:55 Pacific OS: Windows ME CPU/Ram: 256
Comment:
I had some recent spyware that I have since tried to remove with spybot, a-squared, and ad-aware. After clearing what I could, I still can no longer see deleted files in recycle bin. The bin icon shows files there. I have tested and deleted some files and tried restoring, but files don't restore. The bin properties are set to delete to the bin first. When I confirm deleting, it says I have 3 files waiting to be deleted. They won't delete. Can't see them! Any suggestions?
Name: HiJinx Date: December 19, 2004 at 21:09:07 Pacific
Reply:
Try start>run, type in cmd. Type in each of the following lines, hitting enter after each one. Reboot when done and test to see if things work.
attrib c:\recycler -h -s del c:\recycler
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Response Number 2
Name: Ap Date: December 19, 2004 at 21:58:05 Pacific
Reply:
I kind of have the same problem too from spyware that cannot be deleted.The thing is when i delete something,to the recycle bin it doesnt show up in the bin.Also EI is always crashing now sometimes it crashes to desktop maybe 1 out 5 times so i cross my fingers when i connect to a site and hope i dont get the error reporting thing.
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Response Number 3
Name: jbarttt Date: December 20, 2004 at 16:25:29 Pacific
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