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Recycle Bin issue
When I try to delete an icon from the desktop I get the message, 'Recycle Bin
Format is Invalid. Do you want to continue?'. The machine freezes at this point, and I have to press the power button to turn it off. |
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Recycle Bin issue
Boot to DOS
at the prompt, type the following (with a [Return] at the end of each line C: CD \ DELTREE C:\RECYCL~1 Shut down, and reboot then check your Recycle bin again -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "abnewallo" wrote in message ... When I try to delete an icon from the desktop I get the message, 'Recycle Bin Format is Invalid. Do you want to continue?'. The machine freezes at this point, and I have to press the power button to turn it off. |
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=?Utf-8?B?YWJuZXdhbGxv?= wrote in
: When I try to delete an icon from the desktop I get the message, 'Recycle Bin Format is Invalid. Do you want to continue?'. The machine freezes at this point, and I have to press the power button to turn it off. First try scandisk. (Start-Run-Scandisk C. If that doesn't solve the problem, reboot, when the text 'Windows 98 is booting' appears hit F8. You'll get a boot menu. Choose 'Command prompt only'. On the command prompt type: deltree C:\Recycled enter When you've also a D drive: deltree D:\Recycled enter etc. Reboot (press ctrl-alt-del). Windows will create a new recyclebin. |
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Thanks it worked.
"Ingeborg" wrote: =?Utf-8?B?YWJuZXdhbGxv?= wrote in : When I try to delete an icon from the desktop I get the message, 'Recycle Bin Format is Invalid. Do you want to continue?'. The machine freezes at this point, and I have to press the power button to turn it off. First try scandisk. (Start-Run-Scandisk C. If that doesn't solve the problem, reboot, when the text 'Windows 98 is booting' appears hit F8. You'll get a boot menu. Choose 'Command prompt only'. On the command prompt type: deltree C:\Recycled enter When you've also a D drive: deltree D:\Recycled enter etc. Reboot (press ctrl-alt-del). Windows will create a new recyclebin. |
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Recycle Bin issue
Thanks it worked.
"Noel Paton" wrote: Boot to DOS at the prompt, type the following (with a [Return] at the end of each line C: CD \ DELTREE C:\RECYCL~1 Shut down, and reboot then check your Recycle bin again -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "abnewallo" wrote in message ... When I try to delete an icon from the desktop I get the message, 'Recycle Bin Format is Invalid. Do you want to continue?'. The machine freezes at this point, and I have to press the power button to turn it off. |
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Recycle Bin issue
Glad to hear it - thanks for coming back to let us know!
Good Luck -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "abnewallo" wrote in message ... Thanks it worked. "Noel Paton" wrote: Boot to DOS at the prompt, type the following (with a [Return] at the end of each line C: CD \ DELTREE C:\RECYCL~1 Shut down, and reboot then check your Recycle bin again -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm http://tinyurl.com/6oztj Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's "abnewallo" wrote in message ... When I try to delete an icon from the desktop I get the message, 'Recycle Bin Format is Invalid. Do you want to continue?'. The machine freezes at this point, and I have to press the power button to turn it off. |
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