Urgent ! Can't empty recycle bin
Hello,
When I try to empty the recycle bin , I get a message saying:
Can't delete De4.
I find that the file files from E can,t be delete , but those from C and F can be deleted
(my hard disk has three partitions : C , E and F )
can anyone help !
Thanks a lot !
( Sorry for my poor english ! )
Re: Urgent ! Can't empty recycle bin
Can you tell us whether E: drive is formatted as NTFS and have you got permission to delete files from that partition? It could be possible that the file might be in use or you will have to take ownership. I dont know about NTFS but I would recommend a free program called Unlocker to solve this issue.
Re: Urgent ! Can't empty recycle bin
It might be possible that the recycle bin on drive E might be corrupted. You can try to delete the recycler folder, Windows will recreate it when you will restart. After that from a command prompt use the below command:
rd /s /q e:\recycler
The file De4. means the 4th file deleted on drive e, the Recylcle Bin uses this information to keep track of deleted files and to restore them.