recycling items

Question

whenever i am trying to delete files from the %temp% folder, it is always showing- preparing to recycle items, while the time is getting calculated. This thing continues forever, without the files actually deleting. kindly help resolve the issue.

Here is a screenshot of the problem-

Answer 1

Hi Aryaveer

Boot your PC into Safe Mode, and see if you can delete that folder from there . . .

Answer 2

Hi Aryaveer

I am Dave, an Independent Advisor, I will help you with this . . .

Does this only happen with the Temp folder, if so, there may be a corrupt file in that folder that is blocking the deletion, run Disk Cleanup to initially clear out that Temp folder, then later test to see if you can delete any newly created files in that Temp folder manually

Open File Explorer

Click on your hard drive

On the Manage Tab, click Cleanup

Let Disk Cleanup do its initial scan

Select Everything in the list and choose Delete

Start Disk Cleanup again

Let Disk Cleanup do its initial scan

Important - this time in the resulting dialog, click 'Cleanup System Files'

Let Disk Cleanup run another scan

Select Everything in the list and choose Delete

Answer 3

i found the corrupted file in my temp folder. all the other files were easily deleted except that one file.

but how to delete that corrupted file?? i tried the command you gave in the command prompt after entering into windows recovery environment but the corrupted file is still not getting deleted.

Here are the photos of my cmd - :

and a monumental thanks to you for extending support and helping me.....😊😊😊

Answer 4

Hi Aryaveer

Thank you for that information, there is definitely a corrupt file in your Temp folder

Click the Power Button on your Start Menu)

Press the Shift Key and click Restart

Your PC will boot into the Windows Recovery Environment

Go to Troubleshoot - Advanced Options - Command Prompt

Run this command and press Enter:

chkdsk C: /f /r

Wait for that command to complete, then try emptying your Temp folder again . . .

Answer 5

i have run the disk cleanup but it is stuck at one place since the past 1 hour. kindly help.