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How to fix a corrupted Recycle Bin in Windows 7?

Anonymous
2010-12-01T18:22:30+00:00

when I delete something, it does not show up in my recycle bin. why?? what do i do if I want to undelete something I have deleted if it is not in my recycle??

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-12-07T22:00:27+00:00

    Hello,

    Please proceed with the following support steps....

    1. Open an elevated Command Prompt window. To open an elevated Command Prompt, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-clickCommand Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
    2. Type the following command and press ENTER:

    rd /s /q C:$Recycle.bin

    (This clears out the $Recycle.bin folder for the C:\ drive. You may have to do this for each hard disk partition in your system.)

    1. Type exit to close the Command Prompt window.

    I hope this information is beneficial.

    Thank you,

    Aaron

    Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-12-01T19:14:06+00:00

    Try this:

    Right click your Recycle Bin Icon, Click, Properties>>>Untic, Don't move files to Recycle Bin. Remove files immediately when deleted.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-12-10T22:35:37+00:00

    None of these worked for me. I found a very easy fix - just delete the recycle bin through Windows Explorer! In case something goes wrong with the link below, you just show hidden files, find $recycle.bin on your c drive root, C:\ $recycle.bin  and rename it to anything, then delete it. It will rebuild itself. You probably need to do it on all drives or it won't work. I didn't even need to rename it before deleting it. Just delete it and the following desktop.ini that may come up next, on all drives. Then reboot.

    Here's the link I found that was such a simple solution for me!

    http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/206803-solved-7-pro-x64-recycle-bin-corrupt.html

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-12-02T00:24:50+00:00

    Here you go, one more time.

    http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7repair/thread/68231f50-e591-4d4e-91ff-ca6698c8ae41

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-12-01T23:20:10+00:00

    How full is your Recycle Bin?

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-the-Recycle-Bin-settings

    Hope this helps, Gerry Cornell

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