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How to recover drop-down
http://www.kellys-korner.com/win98.htm For an excellent Bin write-up &
fixes http://www.aumha.org/ Perhaps here too http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/reg_files.html Badour has one. www.aha.ru/~mwz/files/bin-fix.cab Zhilin has something http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/er1026.htm Leboeuf's stuff http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=136517 I actually didn't run the .reg programs I downloaded from Kelly, which would rebuild the Recycle Bin in the Registry. I looked through the docs and extracted this fix for a corrupt Bin: 1. "START, Shut Down, Restart in MS DOS mode" 2. Enter "Deltree /y c:\recycled\" (No quotes. You need the closing backslash [\], she says.) Repeat for each partition you may have with a Bin. 3. EXIT or Ctrl-Alt-Del to Windows. 4. Delete something useless & empty the Bin. BE CAREFUL, though; DELTREE is powerful. Get all the way to the end of that Deltree line, before you hit the Enter key. If you have anything in the Bin you want to keep, restore it first. The Bin will regenerate after re-boot-- totally empty. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "J. Eugene Bartley" wrote in message ... | WINDOWS 98 SE 128 RAM with appropriate updates. | | Earlier today Windows Explorer went ratty causing a lockup. After the | forced cold boot, I've lost the line in the Recycle bin drop-down to clear | the bin. | | How do I recover? | | Thanks | | Gene |
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You are welcome, & thanks for the warning. I have put in my earplugs.
-- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "J. Eugene Bartley" wrote in message ... | "PCR" wrote in | : | | http://www.kellys-korner.com/win98.htm For an excellent Bin write-up & | fixes | http://www.aumha.org/ Perhaps here too | http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/reg_files.html Badour has one. | www.aha.ru/~mwz/files/bin-fix.cab Zhilin has something | http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/er1026.htm Leboeuf's stuff | http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=136517 | | I actually didn't run the .reg programs I downloaded from Kelly, which | would rebuild the Recycle Bin in the Registry. I looked through the docs | and extracted this fix for a corrupt Bin: | | 1. "START, Shut Down, Restart in MS DOS mode" | 2. Enter "Deltree /y c:\recycled\" | (No quotes. You need the closing backslash [\], she says.) | Repeat for each partition you may have with a Bin. | 3. EXIT or Ctrl-Alt-Del to Windows. | 4. Delete something useless & empty the Bin. | | BE CAREFUL, though; DELTREE is powerful. Get all the way to the end of | that Deltree line, before you hit the Enter key. | | If you have anything in the Bin you want to keep, restore it first. The | Bin will regenerate after re-boot-- totally empty. | | Thanks! | | You have a couple there I didn't know about. They're now saved for future | reference. Tried Microsoft and ended up empty. Then wasn't quite sure what | I was looking for beyond "recycle," "recycle bin,""drop," and "drop-down." | | Will try the fix first. If I don't blow it up, I'll let you know how it | came out. ;-) | | Gene | |
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Hint: The proper term for the "drop-down" in this case is "Context Menu". Also,
when searching the MSKB, don't restrict the "Product" list and try searching for obvious phrases in the Title only. Use Exact Phrase or double-quotes to contain phrases. Searching All Products for "Recycle Bin" in Title, I found 57 articles, the first of which describes your situation exactly, even if it isn't necessarily the answer. -- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "J. Eugene Bartley" wrote in message ... "PCR" wrote in : http://www.kellys-korner.com/win98.htm For an excellent Bin write-up & fixes http://www.aumha.org/ Perhaps here too http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/reg_files.html Badour has one. www.aha.ru/~mwz/files/bin-fix.cab Zhilin has something http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/er1026.htm Leboeuf's stuff http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=136517 I actually didn't run the .reg programs I downloaded from Kelly, which would rebuild the Recycle Bin in the Registry. I looked through the docs and extracted this fix for a corrupt Bin: 1. "START, Shut Down, Restart in MS DOS mode" 2. Enter "Deltree /y c:\recycled\" (No quotes. You need the closing backslash [\], she says.) Repeat for each partition you may have with a Bin. 3. EXIT or Ctrl-Alt-Del to Windows. 4. Delete something useless & empty the Bin. BE CAREFUL, though; DELTREE is powerful. Get all the way to the end of that Deltree line, before you hit the Enter key. If you have anything in the Bin you want to keep, restore it first. The Bin will regenerate after re-boot-- totally empty. Thanks! You have a couple there I didn't know about. They're now saved for future reference. Tried Microsoft and ended up empty. Then wasn't quite sure what I was looking for beyond "recycle," "recycle bin,""drop," and "drop-down." Will try the fix first. If I don't blow it up, I'll let you know how it came out. ;-) Gene |
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http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB
Search "Recycle Bin"; Windows 98; Title Only; Exact Phrase; produces... Doing as Terhune suggests, except for Windows 98 only, just 14 articles show up. Here is the first of those... http://support.microsoft.com/default...16&Product=w98 Cannot Empty Recycle Bin or Modify Recycle Bin Properties (173416) - You may experience the following symptoms: When you right-click the Recycle Bin, the Empty Recycle Bin command may be unavailable. When you right-click the Recycle Bin, the Properties command may be unavailable. Files that you delete may be... -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "J. Eugene Bartley" wrote in message ... | "PCR" wrote in | : | | http://www.kellys-korner.com/win98.htm For an excellent Bin write-up & | fixes | http://www.aumha.org/ Perhaps here too | http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/reg_files.html Badour has one. | www.aha.ru/~mwz/files/bin-fix.cab Zhilin has something | http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/er1026.htm Leboeuf's stuff | http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=136517 | | I actually didn't run the .reg programs I downloaded from Kelly, which | would rebuild the Recycle Bin in the Registry. I looked through the docs | and extracted this fix for a corrupt Bin: | | 1. "START, Shut Down, Restart in MS DOS mode" | 2. Enter "Deltree /y c:\recycled\" | (No quotes. You need the closing backslash [\], she says.) | Repeat for each partition you may have with a Bin. | 3. EXIT or Ctrl-Alt-Del to Windows. | 4. Delete something useless & empty the Bin. | | BE CAREFUL, though; DELTREE is powerful. Get all the way to the end of | that Deltree line, before you hit the Enter key. | | If you have anything in the Bin you want to keep, restore it first. The | Bin will regenerate after re-boot-- totally empty. | | Thanks! | | You have a couple there I didn't know about. They're now saved for future | reference. Tried Microsoft and ended up empty. Then wasn't quite sure what | I was looking for beyond "recycle," "recycle bin,""drop," and "drop-down." | | Will try the fix first. If I don't blow it up, I'll let you know how it | came out. ;-) | | Gene | |
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Too bad, that article sounded good. Surely, though, one of those URLs I
posted will have it. Let me consider the symptom once more... | Earlier today Windows Explorer went ratty causing a lockup. After the | forced cold boot, I've lost the line in the Recycle bin drop-down to clear | the bin. | | How do I recover? "Empty Recycle Bin" is shaded (present, but not selectable) when the Bin is empty. That is normal. Are you sure your Bin settings allow files to be put into the Bin? (Damn, I guess you are. I mean, you do see files inside, right?) Anyhow, those URLs really should have something for you. BUT, if Kelly has removed them, I do have her .reg's that will totally rebuild the Bin in the Registry. -- (Earplugs? I was kidding about that! I can take a little noise, all right.), Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "J. Eugene Bartley" wrote in message ... | "PCR" wrote in | : | | http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB | Search "Recycle Bin"; Windows 98; Title Only; Exact Phrase; | produces... | | Doing as Terhune suggests, except for Windows 98 only, just 14 | articles show up. Here is the first of those... | | http://support.microsoft.com/default...73416&Product= | w98 Cannot Empty Recycle Bin or Modify Recycle Bin Properties | (173416) - You may experience the following symptoms: When you | right-click the Recycle Bin, the Empty Recycle Bin command may be | unavailable. When you right-click the Recycle Bin, the Properties | command may be unavailable. Files that you delete may be... | | KB #173416 is the one and exactly describes my problem. | | I did. It didn't. Now what? | | I also did what you posted in the cut from Kelly. It didn't either. | | Currently, I'm working my way through the various options hoping I'll hit | the correct one sooner than later. When I find it I'll post it in case this | happens to somebody else. | | See, no need for those earplugs. Wait until tomorrow. ;-) | | Thanks all. | | Gene |
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"PCR" wrote in
: Too bad, that article sounded good. Surely, though, one of those URLs I posted will have it. Let me consider the symptom once more... Thank you. "Empty Recycle Bin" is shaded (present, but not selectable) when the Bin is empty. That is normal. Are you sure your Bin settings allow files to be put into the Bin? (Damn, I guess you are. I mean, you do see files inside, right?) Empty Recycle Bin is shaded, correct. When it has an occupant, it's lighted. I'm able to click and open it without a problem. Oh, yes. I can load it plum full even. It's the rt click bringing up the Context Menu which lacks the necessary line to empty the beast. Here's the problem for that line is nowhere to be seen. Anyhow, those URLs really should have something for you. BUT, if Kelly has removed them, I do have her .reg's that will totally rebuild the Bin in the Registry. A thought. Can the bins be destroyed and then rebuilt? 1) I'm squeamish on that for I'm not all that comfy with the configuration of what they may be linked to since I don't know; 2) would hate to cause further problems. By destroyed I mean non-existent so they and related material has to be rebuilt from scratch. If you'd be so kind as to send those along, I'd appreciate it. Just to keep us on the same page. There's always the final solution. shudder, cringe Starting to think it might be more economical even if less informative. Gene |
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"J. Eugene Bartley" wrote in message =
... | "PCR" wrote in=20 | : |=20 | Too bad, that article sounded good. Surely, though, one of those = URLs I | posted will have it. Let me consider the symptom once more... |=20 | Thank you.=20 |=20 | "Empty Recycle Bin" is shaded (present, but not selectable) when the = Bin | is empty. That is normal. Are you sure your Bin settings allow files = to | be put into the Bin? (Damn, I guess you are. I mean, you do see = files | inside, right?) |=20 | Empty Recycle Bin is shaded, correct. When it has an occupant, = it's=20 | lighted. I'm able to click and open it without a problem. Oh, yes. I = can=20 | load it plum full even. It's the rt click bringing up the Context Menu = | which lacks the necessary line to empty the beast. Here's the problem = for=20 | that line is nowhere to be seen. Well... you do not say... where you are expecting to see "Empty Recycle = Bin". It shows in two places (shaded, if there are no files)... (a) R-Clk the Recycle Bin on the Desktop (or in Explorer). (b) Open the Bin, & it is in the File menu. It shows nowhere else. Are you R-Clkng a deleted file & expecting to see = it? You won't! (Sorry, if you've actually answered this elsewhere in = this thread.) | =20 | Anyhow, those URLs really should have something for you. BUT, if = Kelly | has removed them, I do have her .reg's that will totally rebuild the = Bin | in the Registry. |=20 | A thought. Can the bins be destroyed and then rebuilt? | 1) I'm=20 | squeamish on that for I'm not all that comfy with the configuration of = what=20 | they may be linked to since I don't know; 2) would hate to cause = further=20 | problems. By destroyed I mean non-existent so they and related = material has=20 | to be rebuilt from scratch.=20 All bad things happen somewhere, sometime. That's why there are = super-heros, but let us hope you really have no problem here. What are = you R-Clkng? |=20 | If you'd be so kind as to send those along, I'd appreciate it. = Just to =20 | keep us on the same page. Well, here... no! Damn, I want to post it, but it's lines are too long, = & wrap will be a problem. It must be at one of those sites! |=20 | There's always the final solution. shudder, cringe Starting to = think=20 | it might be more economical even if less informative. Well, is the "Empty Recycle Bin" that you do see working when you click = it? And, what are your Bin settings? Where is your slider set..?.. = normally, it is at 10%. |=20 | Gene --=20 Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR |
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"PCR" wrote in
: | "PCR" wrote in | : | Too bad, that article sounded good. Surely, though, one of those URLs I posted will have it. Let me consider the symptom once more... So far I've come up dry. Closest is MS KB#173416 and it's a bust. Well... you do not say... where you are expecting to see "Empty Recycle Bin". It shows in two places (shaded, if there are no files)... (a) R-Clk the Recycle Bin on the Desktop (or in Explorer). (b) Open the Bin, & it is in the File menu. I work via the Windows Explorer (File Manager). For instance, Lft click on Windows Explorer icon on Taskbar bringing up its menu. Click on and open Logical F which expands showing sub-dirs and the Recycle Bin. Left clk the Recycle Bin opening it to check if there is something there I might want to rescue. What's there I want gone. Rt click on the Recycle Bin. A menu (context menu) drops down. Near the top (my usual) is the line for emptying the Recycle Bin. Until now when it (the command land that empties the Recycle Bin) is absent regardless of where the Recycle Bin is empty or full whichever Recycle Bin is used. The same result going through "My Computer." It shows nowhere else. Are you R-Clkng a deleted file & expecting to see it? You won't! (Sorry, if you've actually answered this elsewhere in this thread.) No. I'm Rt Clicking on the Recycle Bin for a logical drive from Windows Explorer. In turn, that drops a menu down. Up to this point all is good. On that context menu (the drop down here), there is no line saying, "Click me and I'll toss the Recycle Bin," or whatever it does say, and the bin is emptied. All bad things happen somewhere, sometime. That's why there are super-heros, but let us hope you really have no problem here. What are you R-Clkng? See above. Well, is the "Empty Recycle Bin" that you do see working when you click it? And, what are your Bin settings? Where is your slider set..?.. normally, it is at 10%. Yes, the Recycle Bin itself. The command line that empties the bin is missing in the context menu that drops down after a rt click on the Recycle Bin as shown in Windows Explorer. Setting for the slider is normal at 10%. Gene |
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Good news, indeed!
-- Gary S. Terhune MS MVP Shell/User "J. Eugene Bartley" wrote in message ... "PCR" wrote in : You say you have a F:drive. I haven't played with it, but are you set for each drive to have it's own individual Bin? Then, perhaps, only the Bin you've used will have an "Empty Recycle Bin" that is not shaded. But I can't think it won't show up at all. Hallelujah! Something happened, I don't know what, I don't know how, but it's back, it's working. Something either got jiggled or nudged somewhere. I wish I could say what but I'm just thankful. Thanks to you and all for the help. Deeply appreciated. All the best, Gene |
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