Re: Recycle Bin

Thank you so much, Nipi! I was, indeed, able to empty the contents of the
Recycler folder. At first, I couldn't delete the entire Recycler folder but,
once inside of it, I figured out that I was able to delete each troublesome
folder one by one the way you explained it by going through
Properties>Securities>Advanced>Owner etc. with each folder.

The only negative result I developed for myself somehow (in between your
suggestions and my inevitably finding a slight progression on your
instructions) is that I have corrupted my Recycle Bin and no longer have the
"Empty Recycle Bin" prompt in the Recycle Bin. I tried to System Restore
but, that didn't help. When I reboot, there is a box that indicates the
Recycle Bin is corrupt and do I want to delete the file or not. Either
answer changes nothing. Do you have any further advice?

Lastly, I was wondering if I need to clean up any changes I made during the
deletion of the files as I repeated that process several times (for each
one): Properties>Security>Advanced>Owner>Selecting Name>Checking Box "Replace
Owner on...">Permission>Checking Box "Inherit from Parents..."?

Thank you so much for the help you've given me. I have had many suggestions
before but, yours was the only one that worked.

-Thecent

"Nipi wrote"
Open My Computer then Drive C:
Click Tools>Folder Options>View
Check this checkbox:
1. Show hidden files and folders
Uncheck the two checkboxes if they are checked:
2. Hide protected operating system files
3. Use Simple File Sharing (the last checkbox usually)
Click OK
Now you should see in the drive C: a folder named RECYCLER, try to
delete it while holding down the Shift Key.
If you can't delete it, access is denied, right click on it and select
properties>security>advanced>Owner
Select your name and check the box down there saying 'Replace owner on
......'
Select Permission tab up there, and check 'Inherit from parents...'
Click OK
Now try to delete the folder RECYCLER again
do the same to the RECYCLER folder on all fixed drives (D: etc)
The recycle bin should be empty now if u could delete the folders.
When you put something in the recycle bin, windows will recreate the
folders, so no risk of deleting them.
You might want now to go back to folder options>view and restore the
three checkboxes that i mentioned in the beginning again, or at least
the second one (Hide protected operating system files) to avoid seeing
many hidden system files.



On Dec 14, 11:38 pm, Drew <D...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm hoping someone might help me. I have 4 "phantom" files or folders left
in my recycle bin that I can't delete. The recycle bin shows 0 bytes in it,
however, when I initiate Empty the Recycle Bin, a box comes up to Confirm
Multiple File Delete. When I confirm with Yes, an Error Box comes up stating
"Error Deleting File or Folder... Cannot delete Config: Access is denied".
This started when I had problems with Windows Defender and had to
uninstall/reinstall also, included System Restore. I went through my Event
log and tried earnestly to search through microsoft.com to try and understand
any suspected error, to no avail. Could anyone help? Thank you.


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