Recycle Bin missing its properties and its icon is generic

The Recycle Bin is not corrupt! I can open it and see if anything is in it and delete the contents individually, but "empty recycle bin" does not work and the properties are not available. Please see image.

I followed here several posts' instructions and nothing worked.
1. "sfc /scannow" reports that there are no problems.
2. Deleted all $Recycle Bin files, and rebooted.
3. Cleared the icon cache and rebuilt it.

What have I missed?

Ethel, thanks for the info, unfortunately it's not working for me. The Desktop Personalize icons for the Recycle Bin are correct . . . When I click to restore the defaults, the empty and full icons are displayed respectively. But the icons do not show up on the desktop and instead it displays an empty space. The issue is that the mechanism of the Recycle Bin is not functioning. The "Properties" label exists when the context menu is activated, but the Bin has no properties (please see the enclosed image) and the folder's "Empty the Recycling Bin" control is not functioning. Items that I delete appear in the folder, and to delete them I select all and click delete, as I would in any normal folder. On the other hand, the Restore function works (surprisingly).

ethel, thanks again for our your efforts but please don't waste more of your time on this issue. I have done sfc /scannow for the third time and everything is OK. So is Chkdsk c: /f on boot. The Recycle Bin works with the context menu "Empty Recycle Bin", so the only thing is missing is the icon and the control button on the Explorer toolbar. I am sure that a solution will be found.

After the first posting, I restored the last Macrium mirror backup, (4 days old and there is no data on the C: drive.) The Recycle Bin icon and the Explorer control button worked as they should, but after a couple of days the same problem returned. I made no Windows update in that time.

Hello ineuw, :)

If you haven't already, you might see if either tutorial below may help fix the Recycle Bin.

Desktop Icons - Change or Restore Default Icon - Windows 7 Help Forums

Performance Maintenance - Recycle Bin | Vista Forums