Comments on: Are you sure you want to delete ‘Windows’ ?

By: Lars

Lars — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:20:55 +0000

Hi! I saw R’s solution and it doesnt work… After ive done it i deleted a .exe file
that i have downloaded and i didnt use it anymore. BUT, THEN IT SAYS “Do you want to delete these 2 files?” I CLICK YES, THEN THAT ERROR “Cannot delete c4 Access is denied” SO R’s SOLOTION DOESNT WORK. IT JUST LOOKS THAT IT ISNT ANY FOLDERS ON THE ICON. losers -.-

By: Daniyah

Daniyah — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:57:36 +0000

Yup, that works! Delete a file you don’t want, and then empty recycle bin.. It asked if I want to delete 2 files, ever though there was only 1 file in it that I just sent to recycle bin.. So, I opened it and deleted that 1 file and the icon etc. went back to normal.

Thanks R!

Hope that fixes everyone’s problem. Windows…….!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:52:48 +0000

I mistyped 23 items, it will say 2 items. Sorry about that

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:52:12 +0000

Had the same problem….easy fix. Just delete a file that you do not need to the recycle bin then empty it. It will ask you if you want to delete these 23 items. Click yes and and you should be back to normal. Took me a while to figure that out.

By: bb

bb — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:35:20 +0000

I had the same problem. I had an external USB drive attached and running. I safe removed and closed the drive. I then deleted a useless file. Then emptied recycle bin. That’s all. Problem gone.

By: Djavad

Djavad — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:28:21 +0000

I had the same problem. it cost because of Outlook. when this program are open together with an Adobe program makes many problem. when you close outlook you will notice that there is noting to be empty the recycle. but the icon shows is full. simply restart your PC and problem will solve

By: jimmibugg

jimmibugg — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:37:54 +0000

Simply reboot ur comp guys. the problem goes away
not spyware just a glitch in windows. go figure

By: gogo

gogo — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:27:46 +0000

Anon thannks your solution worked for me.

anon Says:

October 6th, 2006 at 9:56 pm
try disconnecting any removable drives (such as mp3 players). worked for me.

By: benyego

benyego — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:54:09 +0000

Thank you R your solution worked for me # R Says:
November 6th, 2007 at 9:45 am

just close all your programs and any other windows open. Then create a blank file in notepad for example, and then delete it. Now go and empty the recycle bin and it should only delete that file, and then be normal again.

By: Sun

Sun — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:14:03 +0000

check #18 it works very well for me it fixed the problem…. tried everythings else before… So i tell you #18