A. The Info file in the Recycler folder sometimes gets corrupted and
thus will shown a empty recycle bin even though there are plenty of files in the
Recycler folder. Windows will automatically recreate the Info file if its
missing so the easiest way to repair is to delete the Info file:
- Start a command prompt (cmd.exe)
- Move to the Recycler folder
- Enter the command
attrib -h info*.*
- Delete the file
del info
- Restart the computer
If its the actually Recycler folder that has become corrupted you may need to
delete this by removing the system and hidden attributes (attrib -h -s
c:\recycler) and then deleting.