Can't see the contents in Desktop Recycle Bin

Hi all. New here. Hope someone can help.

There appears to be something wrong with my recycle bin. When I delete something, I'm asked, as usual, if I wish to move it to the recycle bin. The icon, on the desktop changes to "full". But if I open the recycle bin, there is NO content at all showing and shows zero items in the bottom left hand corner. But when I click "Empty the recycle bin", I'm asked if I want to permanently delete 77 (or whatever number) items. If I chose to permanently delete, the icon changes back to empty as it should.

So I know there is something in there, but I just can't see it. And I would really like it if I could. All in all I like Win7, but this issue has me buffaloed .

Thanks in advance,
Art

Thanks for the very prompt reply, but still a no go. Still the same.

Art

Have u tried restarting your computer? Does the issue persists after that?

D3ftOn3Z said:

Have u tried restarting your computer? Does the issue persists after that?

Oh yes, it's been this way since the first install. I did a second clean install about a month ago. (because of other issues, since resolved)

Would it have anything to do with the other hard drives? Although there doesn't appear to be any issues when I boot to the XP hard drive.

Art

Well, the only way to solve your issue is to follow the instructions in the link provided by Brink above. Try googling for answers, hope you can find a suitable solution for your issue. :)

Well, I went back to Brink's link and did it over again, but also did the same on my XP drive. All seems to be good now!

Thanks Brink!

Regards,
Art