Windows 7 Home Premium recycle bin works fine but is corrupt. Is this ok to leave alone?
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- Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Solved Recycle bin Corrupt
- Thread starter chuckhig
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IMPORTANT: The following procedure permanently deletes all files and folders which are already in the Recycle Bin (from all user accounts in the system) and cannot be recovered.
Recycle Bin Corrupted - Cannot Delete File or Folder
1. Open an elevated Command Prompt by clicking Start > All Programs > Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and select Run as administrator.
2. Type the following command
rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin
press Enter:
This clears out the $Recycle.bin folder for C:\ drive. You may have to do this for each hard disk partition in your system, by changing C to the drive letter of the other drives.
3. Type exit to close the Command Prompt window.
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- Win7 H.Prem. 32bit+SP1