A few days ago I noticed something unusual within my recycle bin. There were hundreds (literally) of empty folders with the dc prefix, and most ending with .org's, .nets, and whatnot. Last night I made an effort to remove these files from the recycle bin, only to be greeted with the all too familiar:
"Cannot remove folder dcxxxx. Access is denied."
Attempts at removing them via the Unlocker program only seems to create a new, identical folder while removing the previous. There are currently 57 of these folders in my recycle bin, and though they are not visible in the folder (even with hidden files and system files toggled), the recycle bin still shows as being filled. I have found the same folders in the C:\RECYCLER subfolder, however I am only meeting the same issue in there. I have run checkdisk, I have tried "repairing" the registry from the site listed here:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/recycbin-2.reg
I have also attempted cmd prompts that have had no effect - even when I am running as administrator in safe mode. The line I was instructed to try (from another similar thread in these forums) was "rd \RECYCLER /s" which returned a list of all the folders and access is denied (obviously).
There is another user on this computer that is not experiencing this issue whatsoever. Lastly, any other item I attempt to delete will delete normally.
So I ask - what am I doing wrong, and how can I fix this irritating bug?
"Cannot remove folder dcxxxx. Access is denied."
Attempts at removing them via the Unlocker program only seems to create a new, identical folder while removing the previous. There are currently 57 of these folders in my recycle bin, and though they are not visible in the folder (even with hidden files and system files toggled), the recycle bin still shows as being filled. I have found the same folders in the C:\RECYCLER subfolder, however I am only meeting the same issue in there. I have run checkdisk, I have tried "repairing" the registry from the site listed here:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/recycbin-2.reg
I have also attempted cmd prompts that have had no effect - even when I am running as administrator in safe mode. The line I was instructed to try (from another similar thread in these forums) was "rd \RECYCLER /s" which returned a list of all the folders and access is denied (obviously).
There is another user on this computer that is not experiencing this issue whatsoever. Lastly, any other item I attempt to delete will delete normally.
So I ask - what am I doing wrong, and how can I fix this irritating bug?
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