Solved Recycle bin changes behaviour

[codename47]

Hi guys,

last few minutes I started experiencing something weird. When I drag something to the recycle bin it doesn't "drop" the file inside. Instead it immediatly asks if i want to delete the file permanently. I searched all over the net and forums and found no similar topic.

Don't know if this could be related but a few minutes earlier I experienced a "Explorer.exe stopped working". Windows recovered by itself.

Any clues?

Much appreciated

 

[James Colbert]

Hi Codename47. Welcome.

Have you tried restating your system? Also, have you checked to see if your Recycle Bin is full?

James

 

[Carolyn]

Check your Recycle Bin properties

 

[codename47]

Hi guys, thanks for the response. I did try restarting it. Didn't solve it. I also checked the properties of it and that's not it either.
However there is a new symptom. After I restarted it I got a pop-up message saying "The Recycle Bin for the drive C: is corrupted. Do you want to empty the recycle bin for this drive?" What do I do? How am I suposed to empty it when there is nothing inside? Is this a virus? I just ran BitDefender and after an hour it deleted 3 infected files.

The problem still occurs though.

Henry

 

[codename47]

Hi guys. I just solved it ( it seems)
I ran CMD.exe as admin and typed the following code "rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin"
Seems to have solved it so far.

Recycle Bin Corrupted - Cannot Delete File or Folder - Vista Forums

Cheers

 

[James Colbert]

Thanks for getting back to us with your solution. . It helps others who are searching (googling) for answers to the same issue. +1.

James