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dave47
Thankyou for your fix it worked straight away and I have been searching for
an answer for a few days, until I found this site. It is the first time for
me and I will be using this site in the future if I have any more problems.
Thanks again for your quick fix.
"jopa66" wrote:
> Try this. In Windows Explorer go to a folder that has many files in it.
> Highlight many of them, then rightclick your selection and choose Copy. Now
> rightclick anywhere on the whitespace and choose Paste. All of the copies
> should already be highlighted. Press Delete key and send to Recycle Bin.
> This may force it to start working again.
>
> --
> ~john aka: jopa
>
>
>
> "Martin" <martinREMOVEinsweden@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:%23bxWOIk5EHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > I'm having some problems with the recycle bin. It has the "full" icon but
> > there are no files in it. However, clicking on Empty Recycle Bin brings
> > up a box asking me if I want to delete the 13 items in it. Even if I
> > select Yes the same box appears again and again. If I make hidden and
> > protected OS files visible there is still nothing in it.
> >
> > Also, Windows is set up to move files to the recycle bin when they are
> > deleted. But, when I delete a file it is completely removed and doesn't
> > go to the recycle bin.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help or advice.
>
>
>
an answer for a few days, until I found this site. It is the first time for
me and I will be using this site in the future if I have any more problems.
Thanks again for your quick fix.
"jopa66" wrote:
> Try this. In Windows Explorer go to a folder that has many files in it.
> Highlight many of them, then rightclick your selection and choose Copy. Now
> rightclick anywhere on the whitespace and choose Paste. All of the copies
> should already be highlighted. Press Delete key and send to Recycle Bin.
> This may force it to start working again.
>
> --
> ~john aka: jopa
>
>
>
> "Martin" <martinREMOVEinsweden@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:%23bxWOIk5EHA.3820@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > I'm having some problems with the recycle bin. It has the "full" icon but
> > there are no files in it. However, clicking on Empty Recycle Bin brings
> > up a box asking me if I want to delete the 13 items in it. Even if I
> > select Yes the same box appears again and again. If I make hidden and
> > protected OS files visible there is still nothing in it.
> >
> > Also, Windows is set up to move files to the recycle bin when they are
> > deleted. But, when I delete a file it is completely removed and doesn't
> > go to the recycle bin.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help or advice.
>
>
>