Can't see the contents in Desktop Recycle Bin

[BigArt]

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

 

[Brink]

Hello Art, and welcome to Seven Forums.

You might see if resetting the Recycle Bin may be able to help with this.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[BigArt]

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

Art

 

[D3ftOn3Z]

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

 

[BigArt]

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

 

[D3ftOn3Z]

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.

 

[BigArt]

Seems fixed

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

 

[Brink]

That's great news Art. Yeah, you have to do it to all drives.