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recycle bin problems
Name: Aras Date: January 28, 2004 at 17:31:59 Pacific OS: 2000 CPU/Ram: keera ta
Comment:
This is somewhat strange occurence The attached image shows the recycle bin full but i cannot empty it
Name: Hank Schafer Date: January 28, 2004 at 18:34:15 Pacific
Reply:
Are you saying that "Empty Recycle Bin" is greyed out? Do you know for a fact that there is data in it? What happens if you double-click it's icon? Does it open? It's possible that the icons for "Full" and "Empty" have been transposed, but you don't give enough information...
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Response Number 2
Name: Freedom Date: January 28, 2004 at 20:30:42 Pacific
Reply:
Are you running an anti-virus program that stops that controls the recycle bin, like Norton.
If so, special steps need to be followed to empty it.
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Response Number 3
Name: Juan Date: January 29, 2004 at 11:01:38 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Aras,
Your description of the problem is rather vague, but that happened to me twice. I solved it like this:
I opened Word or Notepad and created a new text file with just one or two words in it, which I saved to a folder of my choice (the Desktop will also do).
After that, I deleted that text file by sending it to the Recycle bin.
Then I restarted Windows. After rebooting, I emptied the Recycle bin and the normal, "empty" icon came back.
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