Can't empty recycle bin

[Guest juvado]

Hi everyone,

 

 

 

Had the same problem as you Norman, in my case the file was called Dc60.

 

Tried everything John John said but wasn't working in safe mode for me

 

as well, even with the cacls syntax.

 

 

 

But then I tried it in regular windows mode and completely suprised it

 

worked and deleted the Dc60 file, and the recycle bin icon changed to

 

empty!

 

 

 

So just start windows in normal mode, open the command prompt:

 

Type cacls c:\recycler /t /e /g Administrators:f

 

Type rd /s /q/ c:\recycler

 

 

 

Then nothing really happens in the command prompt, you don't get any

 

confirmation message, only thing is that the acces denied message is

 

gone.

 

 

 

Then take a look at your recycle bin and you will see in a couple of

 

seconds that the file is gone and the icon is changed!

 

 

 

Thanks John John for the syntax, was a really persistent file!

 

 

 

 

 

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