I'm having a bit of problem with my Recycling Bin. Everytime I delete a file, instead of going into the Recycling Bin, it just gets deleted immediatly. The delete dialog that comes up when I delete a file is, "Are you sure you want to delete 'cat'?" rather than "Do you want to send 'cat' to the Recycling Bin?" And YES,I cheked settings and the box that says "Do not move files to the recycle bin..." isn't checked.Properties are correct. Don't know what to do... thanx for replies

do a system restore or a system repair

Not sure if this is related to such a problem, but maybe the Recycle bin is FULL. There is a setting for "Maximum size of Recycle bin (percent of each drive)" Watch for help from others.

Karl, Go to the link below and under the letter "R" scroll down to "Recycle Bin - Deleting Problems" where you'll find several possible solutions. Recycle Bin - Deleting Problems Tufenuf

Yes, The above post is good advice. Kelly's Corner (http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm) is a good, helpful site, like this one. I got this from there ages ago: "Files not being listed in the Recycle Bin seem to be related to a corrupt info2 file. To correct the issue (Fat32): Go to Start/Run and type in CMD: Type CD \RECYCLED, and then press ENTER. Type ATTRIB -r -s -h info2, and then press ENTER. Type DEL INFO2, and then press ENTER. NOTE: This deletes the damaged INFO2 file. Windows will recreate this file as needed, automatically. You can often restore files even if they are not being listed in the Recycle Bin by searching (Start/Search) for the files by name, once found rename them. If the files still cannot be recovered, follow the steps above, then reboot. They should now be listed. To see the files listed in the Recycled Folder Go to Start/Run and type in: CMD. At the prompt type in: cd\ [enter] then cd Recycled [enter] then dir [enter]. They will listed similar to this: Dc25.url, Dc26.lnk, etc. If Windows is installed on D:\, it will then be listed as Dd25, etc. The number represents the number of file deleted. A hidden folder is creating on each volume that has the recycle bin enabled named Recycled. Any deleted files are moved to this folder and renamed to: C<original drive letter><number file deleted>.<original extension> and the original full name and path stored in a mapping file Info2. For example the file http://www.dbknox_faq.com/index.html would become Dc1.html (if it was the first file deleted on the partition). When the Recycle Bin becomes full, Windows starts deleting files to make room for newly deleted files. These files are still recoverable until you 'empty' the Recycle Bin". It solved my problem. Hope it works for you.