Very rarely, completely out of the blue, an Empty Recycle Bin command ends up with a question prompt: Are you sure you want to delete 'Windows'? Even if I click Yes, it doesn't do anything; it simply spits an error: Cannot delete file: Cannot read from source file or disk. Hm...the same thing has happened just now with something else that I had just emptied from the recycle bin. I had just removed a shortcut to 'Newsbin Pro', but then the recycle bin still had the "full" icon, so I emptied it once again...only to get the message: Are you sure you want to delete 'NewsBin Pro'? Same deal here. What's going on?

Are you a carefull deleter? if so disable the recycle bin, right click properties > Global > check Do not move files to.

Sounds like corrupt files causing the problem. You can bypass the Recycle Bin by holding down Shift key and pressing delete. Check out the following: http://www.wintrouble.net/discus/messages/53/3373.html?1020870890 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q297760 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q320031