Recycle bin malfunctioning


  1. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    Recycle bin malfunctioning


    I've been searching around trying to find some solution for this...

    I've installed Windows 7 on a newly built PC and noticed that when I send files to the Recycle Bin, it will change to the 'Full' icon and can be emptied, but when I open its window up, the contents are not displayed, and they cannot be restored to their original location.

    The next thing I noticed was that when I try deleting and restoring files while the Recycle Bin is open it works perfectly - Deleted files will show up in the Recycle Bin and they can be restored. It's only after I close and reopen the Recycle Bin that the apparent corruption occurs.

    I have tried deleting the $recycle.bin folders from elevated command prompt but it doesn't work.

    Perhaps there's something I've installed (Spybot, AVG etc) which is mucking it up.

    Any ideas?
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  2. Posts : 1,158
    Win7 HP (x64)/Win7 Ultimate (x64)
       #2

    Hi

    Welcome to Seven Forums :)
    Have a look at this and see if it resolves your issue

    regards
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Hi, thanks for your reply. As I said before, I already tried deleting the $recycle.bin folders to no avail. Any other ideas?
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 660
    win7
       #4

    Do you have any encrytion / secure shredding programs loaded? Some of these operate on the waste bin
      My Computer


  5. Posts : 1,158
    Win7 HP (x64)/Win7 Ultimate (x64)
       #5

    Have a look at this thread from MS Forum - Can't see deleted files in Windows 7

    Regards
      My Computer


  6. Posts : 1,158
    Win7 HP (x64)/Win7 Ultimate (x64)
       #6

    wilywombat said:
    Do you have any encrytion / secure shredding programs loaded? Some of these operate on the waste bin
    I'm also thinking AVG
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  7. Posts : 3
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Ok, that last link was very helpful. Turns out it was indeed caused by a Codemeter USB dongle I had plugged in. Reconfiguring it to act as a removable disk instead of a fixed disk solved the problem (although why it was set up as a fixed disc by default is beyond me)

    Thanks a lot for your help :)
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  8. Posts : 1,158
    Win7 HP (x64)/Win7 Ultimate (x64)
       #8

    Glad things worked out and for keeping us posted.

    Regards
      My Computer


 

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