Oddity in the Recycle Bin

[waykey]

Windows XP Home Edition SP3
Internet Explorer 8

Doing routine maintenance this evening I got rid of several small videos and
mpegs which I'd uploaded to you-tube; I emptied the recycle bin and then
defragged and when the defrag finished I noticed there was still something in
the recycle bin. I first double-left clicked rb, and it showed nothing. Then
I right clicked and clicked "open" and it still showed nothing even though on
the desktop recycle bin icon showed something. So, I clicked "Empty Recycle
Bin" and was asked "Are you sure you want to delete 'Windows'?" Naturally I
hit "cancel" and the icon on the desktop still shows something in recycle bin.

Anybody know whassup??

 

[db]

perhaps, you might find
a clue if you right click
on the recycle bin and
explore and /or review
the properties page.

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"waykey" <waykey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8E2687BE-6584-4CE6-928C-67B87B2319FE@microsoft.com...
> Windows XP Home Edition SP3
> Internet Explorer 8
>
> Doing routine maintenance this evening I got rid of several small videos
> and
> mpegs which I'd uploaded to you-tube; I emptied the recycle bin and then
> defragged and when the defrag finished I noticed there was still something
> in
> the recycle bin. I first double-left clicked rb, and it showed nothing.
> Then
> I right clicked and clicked "open" and it still showed nothing even though
> on
> the desktop recycle bin icon showed something. So, I clicked "Empty
> Recycle
> Bin" and was asked "Are you sure you want to delete 'Windows'?" Naturally
> I
> hit "cancel" and the icon on the desktop still shows something in recycle
> bin.
>
> Anybody know whassup??

 

[Daave]

waykey wrote:
> Windows XP Home Edition SP3
> Internet Explorer 8
>
> Doing routine maintenance this evening I got rid of several small
> videos and mpegs which I'd uploaded to you-tube; I emptied the
> recycle bin and then defragged and when the defrag finished I noticed
> there was still something in the recycle bin. I first double-left
> clicked rb, and it showed nothing. Then I right clicked and clicked
> "open" and it still showed nothing even though on the desktop recycle
> bin icon showed something. So, I clicked "Empty Recycle Bin" and was
> asked "Are you sure you want to delete 'Windows'?" Naturally I hit
> "cancel" and the icon on the desktop still shows something in recycle
> bin.
>
> Anybody know whassup??

Try pressing F5 to refresh the desktop.

 

[Fuzzy Logic]

=?Utf-8?B?d2F5a2V5?= <waykey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:8E2687BE-6584-4CE6-928C-67B87B2319FE@microsoft.com:

> Windows XP Home Edition SP3
> Internet Explorer 8
>
> Doing routine maintenance this evening I got rid of several small videos
> and mpegs which I'd uploaded to you-tube; I emptied the recycle bin and
> then defragged and when the defrag finished I noticed there was still
> something in the recycle bin. I first double-left clicked rb, and it
> showed nothing. Then I right clicked and clicked "open" and it still
> showed nothing even though on the desktop recycle bin icon showed
> something. So, I clicked "Empty Recycle Bin" and was asked "Are you sure
> you want to delete 'Windows'?" Naturally I hit "cancel" and the icon on
> the desktop still shows something in recycle bin.
>
> Anybody know whassup??

I have seen this happen in various versions of Windows. The recycle bin get's confused and the only solution I
have ever found was to reboot.

 

[waykey]

Wacky Windows!

Today when I logged on the recycle bin still showed contents just like
yesterday; I went on about my business, and eventually got rid of some more
files via recycle bin, three to be exact. Instead of the usual "empty" option
I deleted each of the three new files individually; once the third was
deleted the desktop icon showed no more contents. Weird. I guess, as you say,
it was just "confused".

"Fuzzy Logic" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?d2F5a2V5?= <waykey@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:8E2687BE-6584-4CE6-928C-67B87B2319FE@microsoft.com:
>
> > Windows XP Home Edition SP3
> > Internet Explorer 8
> >
> > Doing routine maintenance this evening I got rid of several small videos
> > and mpegs which I'd uploaded to you-tube; I emptied the recycle bin and
> > then defragged and when the defrag finished I noticed there was still
> > something in the recycle bin. I first double-left clicked rb, and it
> > showed nothing. Then I right clicked and clicked "open" and it still
> > showed nothing even though on the desktop recycle bin icon showed
> > something. So, I clicked "Empty Recycle Bin" and was asked "Are you sure
> > you want to delete 'Windows'?" Naturally I hit "cancel" and the icon on
> > the desktop still shows something in recycle bin.
> >
> > Anybody know whassup??
>
> I have seen this happen in various versions of Windows. The recycle bin get's confused and the only solution I
> have ever found was to reboot.
> .
>