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From: Oppie on 30 Jan 2010 09:48
Still not resolved. Thank you for any suggested fixes.
cross-posted to windowsxp.general

"Oppie" <Oppie(a)saynotospam.com> wrote in message
news:OTrW5vPoKHA.4836(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Yes, I did check that. Global tab > Use one setting for all drives > (do
> not move files to recycle bin...) is unchecked.
>
> This is on both of my XP Pro machines. The newer of the two is working
> properly. The older one that ran Norton AV at one point (with protected
> recycle bin) is the one that has the problem.
>
> Norton was replaced by Trend Micro OfficeScan (by our company) about 2
> years ago. Never had the problem until recently. Would guess that
> something is strange in the Registry and was affected by recent updates.
>
>
> "Hot-text" <hot-text(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eOO2vgPoKHA.5224(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Right Hand Click Recycle Bin
>> Click on Properties
>>
>> If Check ..... uncheck ......Apply ... OK
>>
>> Do not move files to the Recycle Bin,
>> Remove files immediately when deleted.
>>
>> if not Check check it ......Apply then
>> uncheck ......Apply ... OK
>>
>>
>>
>> "Oppie" <oppie(a)nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:uSIWqPPoKHA.1548(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> One of my two boxes running XP Pro has developed a problem with the
>>> Recycle bin.
>>>
>>> The bin shows as empty. I delete something and get the normal dialog if
>>> you want to send it to the recycle bin, reply Yes and it vanishes.
>>> Recycle bin still shows empty icon and opening the bin shows no
>>> contents. Running disc cleanup shows that the recycle bin has 0 KB.
>>>
>>> It's almost like doing a shift del (bypassing the recycle bin and
>>> directly deleting) but I do get the delete confirmation dialog that
>>> specifies recycle bin. Any ideas on how to fix this?
>>>
>>> tia - Oppie
>>
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