TWO Recycle Bins?
Sep 2, 2006
How come there are two recycle bins? Go to C:RECYCLER and then (for me anyway) there are two recycle bins. They are both named with really long names and if you open either one you can see the contents of your normal recycle bin (on desktop). I first thought one was for backup, but if you delete something from one, it is gone from the other too, as well as the desktop one.Can anyone tell me why there are two...and while I'm on the subject of odd folders, can I ask what those crazy long-named folders are in C:? Here's an example (I won't copy the whole thing incase it's a serial number or something)C:43ef642d5b...I think they may both be service pack stuff (as in SP1 and SP2) as they both have MS stuff in. An I right?AND...can anyone get into their "System Volume Information" (in C:)? I am forbidden from taking a peek (and I AM admin). Are there any other folders that I cannot view?
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Oct 30, 2008
ive just realised today that the recycle bin has disappeared of my desktop and i cant find it anywhere. has anyone got any ideas what or where it could have gone,and how i go about getting it back.
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Apr 14, 2006
alright, i got mad last time iw as here and swore i'd never comeback but well i'm desperate I have managed to somehow recycle my recycle bin. Can't find it in a search.
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Oct 13, 2006
My system is set up with three harddrives and multiple partitions on each drive.I know that if I just delete a file, it's stored in the Recycle Bin and not actually deleted, even if I empty the bin.However, since the Recycle Bin is on the C: drive, if I delete a file from another drive's partition, and then I use Eraser on the Recycle Bin to overwrite the files inside, are the files still on the partition and the empty space on it now has to also be Erased?
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Sep 1, 2007
my recycle bin shows itself to be empty, but when i click to clear it, something weird happens, it asks if I want to delete WINDOWS. I'm assuming that this means the directory C://Windows, which would be catastrophic if I were to restart the computer. I have a Compaq Presario R3000 running WinXP Home. Today, I both CrapCleaned it, as well as used Registry Mechanic. I had not emptied my recycle bin since then, until now. I had also scanned it with Trendmicro PCcillin 2006, which found two viruses, which had been quarantined, and then I deleted the quarantined files. Remember, this was all prior to me emptying my trash can.
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Dec 31, 2007
I have an icon (from sony erickson, used for downloading cell phone pics), that I can't get to the recycle bin, when I try all of the methods mentioned above it still doesn't delete. I get one of those "no symbols" with a line across when I try to delete the icon I am using windows XP.
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Sep 21, 2004
If you're like me, you appreciate the clean desktop that XP offers. Unfortunately, one item remains: the Recycle Bin. You can't get rid of it through any menus or anything like that. After much hacking around in the registry, I finally found the responsible key. Simply delete and restart. When you restart, the Recycle Bin is no longer on the desktop. When you delete stuff, it still prompts to send it to the Recycle Bin, as always. To fully delete something, just delete it from C:Recycled. or C:Recycler (name depends on file system). To view this folder, you have to have everything set to be seen, including hidden folders and procted OS files and all that.
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Aug 12, 2002
In recycle bin simply delete h key local machine software microsoft windows. When i restart computer the recycle bin is no longer on the desktop. When you delete stuff it still prompts to send it to the recycle bin as always. To fully delete just delete it from c recycled or c recyclers may depends on file system.
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Apr 9, 2010
When I right click on Recycle Bin, the empty recycle bin option does not appear. I probably messed this one up by playing with some context menu editor some time back. BTW, I have already un-installed that tool. Is there some solution to get that back. Don't want to go through the ordeal and the associated pain of doing a fresh install. There is a command called sfc which is supposed to correct things and which has to be run with the XP CD in. I can't recall the syntax.
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Feb 5, 2009
i cannot find my recycle bin
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May 21, 2008
my system is recently formatted. so when ever i delete some thing i guess it should be going to recyle bin. but to my surprise the short cut for that is missing on the desktop. how to find where my recyle bin would be.
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Feb 6, 2005
The bin says it has something in it but when I open the bin there is nothing. When I press empty recycle bin it gives me the usual warning, 'Are you sure you want to delete these files', But the bin still has the full icon and if i press empty bin again, The same thing happens. Also, When deleting files it says, 'Do you wish to delete?' and gets deleted without going to the recycle bin. I have checked my recycle bins properties and the box 'Delete without sending to recycle bin' is not checked.
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Jun 18, 2005
Does anyone know how to repair the recycle bin? Icon works fine, but once the program is opened, all that happens is the flashlight looking for files and folders to delete.
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Jul 19, 2005
I got this clean Recycle Bin any one know how to get rid of it.
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Jul 6, 2004
Can someone help me find the recycle bin. It is not on the desktop nor does it show up on a search of the hard drive (incl. hidden & system etc files).It appears to be 'missing', yet if I delete it asks me if I want to put these items in the recycle bin.Can you help me locate this as I want to put a shortcut on the desktop for it? I am running WinXP Pro, and am set up as an admin on it. I have tried TweakUI and Advanced System Optimizer to no avail
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Jan 27, 2006
On an XP PC, when I try to empty the RECYCLE BIN I get an error message: Cannot Delete dc2: Access is denied (If you click OK, you get the window again. Click OK the second time and it goes away)... and it fails to empty it. I can go into the BIN and do a CTRL A and hit delete and all is fine. A search for dc2 shows 6 instances on the PC and they are all know entities in various locations.
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Aug 26, 2002
How to remove Recycle Bin Icon from Desktop..On the right hand pane find " Remove Recycle Bin icon on the desktop " , double left click on it to ENABLE it.
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Sep 3, 2007
I have an XP system where something moved the c:windows folder to the recycle bin.The recycle bin still says it is there, but I can't restore it.There are at least a half dozen threads on the site where someone sites this same problem, though they get to the same conclusion from different original problems.I have tried going into the profile for the recycle bin and adjusting the slider like was suggested in one thread.Same thread sent me to a site that put something in the registry.That didn't work.Got an un-delete program, it won't let me un-delete the folder.Found SFC and ran that.No effect.There has to be a way to recover the windows folder without doing a system restore and losing all of my applications.
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Jul 25, 2005
This was a major oversight of Microsoft. On a 200-300gb HDD even 1% is too much space to use for the recycle bin. Some people may like using 2-3gb on the recycle bin but I on't. If it had the option to set the size in mb's there would be no need for this post. It's all about options. Get with the program Bill.
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Jul 26, 2009
Recently I have RB.tmp files in my recycle bin. They are coming after turning the computer on, or after deleting a file. It can be RB8, RB9 or any other RB with numbers or letters. The worst part is - all content of the recycle bin is disappearing next day (except this files).Click on "proprties" of these files gives: 0 bites, origin: recycler.The mistery started (at least I noticed it) soon after I switched from Norton to Rogers Protection (wrong move?).
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Mar 13, 2005
I have a folder that I can not delete. I had a bunch of folders with music files in them. I was re-arranging, renaming, and deleting them. At the end of the day, there was one folder that I could not delete from the recycle bin. When I tried to empty the recycle bin, it would delete files until it got to this one. Then I would get the message:(Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk). I would then have to go into the recycle bin and delete the remaining files manually. But this one would still not delete out of the recycle bin.
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Sep 25, 2006
The error I get is: "Are you sure you want to delete these 55 items?" (Yes) "Cannot delete (long filename): the filename you specified is invalid or too long. Specify a different filename." The problem is, the recycle bin appears empty when viewed, and I've tried making sure all hidden files and folders are shown.I've tried ForceDelete (on the weird file/folder/whatever in c: ecycler) and it did not work.I've also tried removing and replacing the registry entry for the recycle bin, it did not correct the problem.Is there a way perhaps to do this in DOS? What would the exact command/location be? I've tried "deltree C:
ecycler" and "del C:
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Dec 1, 2005
I've got Windows XP on my laptop. I recently created a file on my desktop with some Mp3's in it. I moved the Mp3's to my player and deleted the contents. Therefore, the folder remained empty. When I went to delete the folder, the recycle bin would not let me put it in there. I get a message saying: "Cannot delete (name of file): cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the correct path or file name".
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Feb 14, 2005
I'm using Windows XP - the other day I scanned a film negative into Adobe Photoshop, tweaked it then saved it. Yesterday I was tidying up and binned the file because I no longer needed it. Then, doing routine PC 'maintenance' I went to empty my Recycle Bin and couldn't remove this particular file. I get the message: "Cannot delete Dc4: It is being used by another program or person. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again." The filename is actually Scans2. I know of no programs running that might be using this scan. I read some other help sites, downloaded a utility called Mboot but couldn't select the file to drag and drop into Mboot's space. I can't rename it, move it, restore it or delete it ! I give up - I know this isn't a major problem but I worry about viruses and the like - I have Norton Firewall and anti-virus etc. all up to date.
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Apr 15, 2008
Yesterday, I uninstalled Avast Anti-Virus because my ISP had me install Verizon Internet Security Suite. Then I noticed a file in the Recycle Bin--RB5.tmp and it won't delete from there. What's up with that?
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Feb 20, 2007
I deleted some large (2 to 3MB) Photoshop files in order to free up disk space, but two of them cannot be deleted or moved from recycle bin. "Empty recycle bin" command or "Delete command" yield the following error message; [error messages refer to the files as Dc2 and Dc8, respectively]: "cannot delete Dc8:it is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again." "Restore" command, attempting to cut and paste, or attempting to drag either file to another folder yield this error message: "cannot move Dc8:it is being used by another person or program. Close any programs that might be using the file and try again." This happens even when recycle bin is right-clicked from the desktop icon immediately after start-up and with no programs running.
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Feb 20, 2005
I'm trying to do some general hard-drive cleanup, and deleting temporary files and whatnot. Regardless of how I select any group of files from any directory, or even from the recycle bin, it simply opens the delete dialogue and says it's deleting, but nothing happens. It stays there interminably. Never finishes, never deletes any files. It doesn't hang , I can cancel and stop it, but nothing has happened in the interim. I'm stumped. I did search and follow the thread on an earlier post MSKB, but that didn't help.
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Feb 4, 2005
my cousin was using th comp the other day an she threw away a bunch of stuff on here. it happened before so i check the stuff ppl throw away on here now. so i opened it up an check ed what was in there an it was just nothing. so she clicked empty bin an i glanced real quick an saw that rundll with the windows logo as icon but it was to late. is there a way of recovering sumthing after emptying the recycle bin?
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Oct 22, 2006
I was wondering if anyone knows the file path ( if there is one) that would let you open the recycle bin via task manager (new task run) under win2k pro? I just had a call from a friend who, after installing google tool bar (by "mistake" )then used the search function and removed all of the files by hand .The end result was that the pc hung, and when she restarted explorer.exe does not start,(therefore no desktop, start menu etc) task manager does however function and i have managed to get her to open programs that way As she deleted the files to the recycle bin i was wondering if there is a way to restore them by opening the recycle bin threw task manager? if there is then presumably i would need to give her the file path, and was wondering :-
A/ if it is possible to do this &
B/ (if it is) if any kind person knows the file path to the recycle bin .exe ? I realize that this might not be possible and it might seem a lot more involved than simply poping in the win2k CD and doing a repair on the OS, but having done this with her before i know it will mean spelling out every action.
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Nov 29, 2009
How can i find where my recycle bin went if i cant find it?.
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Dec 14, 2007
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...ptember16.mspx
Down to the step where is says "Hiding the Recycle Bin," I want to make sure that this will work even though he article is five years old.
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