recycle bin overload

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superdave1984

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I have a user here that has never emptied her recycle bin on her PC and she's been here a year. It now takes up over 3 GB of space and it is so large it won't open and when I right click on it and select empty recycle bin, it goes forever without ending. How do I empty this thing?
 
The location of the recycle bin is C:\recycler. It is a hidden protected operating system folder so you have to enable folder options to see it. I would log on as admin, find the file in recycler that is associated with the users login and delete it from there. Do a shift delete so it does not go in the admin recycle bin. I would also make a copy of it before you delete it in case there is a problem. Also make sure to turn the option to hide protected system files after you finish.
 
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