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Emptying Recycle Bin freezes desktop
Hi - I'm having a weird problem where every time I empty my recycle bin, the desktop freezes (ie. clicking on anything on it has no effect). The taskbar and everything else seems to work fine. Also, Recycle Bin contents are not displayed in the recycle bin window. A restart is the only thing which returns things to normal, after which the bin contents are (usually) emptied.
I've scanned for viruses and malware: no sign of anything. I'm assuming something has been corrupted by a software uninstall or reinstall: I'd like to be able to use WIndows' self-repair to fix the problem, but can't find anything either relating to the recycle bin, or general enough to fix the problem that doesn't involve restore points (which I definitely don't want to do!!).
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks for looking!