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Can't empty Recycle Bin

Started by Jackpine , Mar 29 2011 06:13 PM

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Posted 02 April 2011 - 11:55 PM

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just a thought
try taking ownership of the recycler folder, then delete it.
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Posted 03 April 2011 - 03:30 AM

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What do you mean by taking "ownership" of the folder?
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Posted 03 April 2011 - 04:03 AM

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Open Command Prompt as administrator, then do this:
cd \

takeown /f recycler /r /d y

rd /s /q recycler

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