"WINDOWS" in the recycling bin

[MattP]

I have noticed that on my desktop the icon for the recycling bin is always showing that there is something that needs to be deleted. However if I open the bin up there is no contents. When I right cick and go to empty it it will give me the pop up asking if I really want to delete "WINDOWS" Also, even if I click yes it will still be full and give me the same message.

I have tried spyware scans on Ad Aware and run a full system scan on Bit Defender but it has done no good. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

 

[OIDanTheManIO]

Hmmm...did you accidently delete a vital Windows file, therefore sending that file to Recycle Bin? That MIGHT be the cause of your problem, but I'm not sure.

-Dan The Man

 

[intercodes]

There are several reasons why you get that, due to norton utilites,corrupted recycle bin or even by changing the recycle bin icons.

The simple idea is to delete any files , a small one that is not needed from windows and then open recycle bin and delete that file .

Or even try changing the recycle bin icon from the display properties
Go to Display Properties ->desktop tab->Customize Desktop -> Recycle Bin (empty) icon->change icon->select one->apply.

I got a link to a reg file that fixes this problem , but not sure whether it will work.
here 's the link.

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/restorerecyclebin.reg

copy and paste in a notepad and save as 'filename.reg' and doubleclick to execute the registry file

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[MattP]

The registry didnt do anything noticable and if I change the icon it still says that there is a file in the recycling bin called windows. Also I cant ever recall opening the windows folder or why I would need to so I'm sure I haven't deleted anything important.

 

[intercodes]

MattP,
Then, follow the simple idea that I told you abt, ' deleting a small file.....

I am looking for ways to restore this problem, i will post as soon as i know about this.

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[MattP]

Edit: updated Bit Defender and it found the problem. Someone can close this if they wish, thanks again for the help everyone.

 

[dgershey]

MattP,

I am having the exact problem, could you tell me what exactly bid defender found. I don't have bit defender, I use Norton anitvirus. Is it a virus? could you provide more detail?

 

[southernlady]

What edition of Norton, what operating system, and updates do you have? That helps us answer your questions. Liz

 

[dgershey]

Symantec Corp ver. 8.00.9374
Win XP Pro SP1

After reading other forums about this same problem, which just recommened rebooting, the problem has seemed to go away. I was really interested in hearing from MattP because he described the exact problem and then had a solution for it. Thought he could shed more light on this for everyone.

 

[Dave]

I'm also interested in hearing from MattP about his Bit Defender "find".

Dave