Hi. I have just deleted all temp files and temp internet files, as well as many thousands of files in the folders under temp internet files. Some flagged that they were system files and would not be deleted. I left them alone. I then ran Ad-Aware to see if I had any spyware on my system, then did a scandisk and defrag, which went smoothly. Now, my recycle bin does not work properly, it takes forever to open, and I now cannot delete any files to it. Hopefully someone can help. I have thought of System Restore, and since I have the original CD for WinME I would be able to replace any damaged or missing system files, if necessary. I am not great at editing the registry, but I have done so a few times, being very careful not to play with something I do not recognize. I have not been in the registry for some time, so I don't see where that would be the problem in this case.

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Try right-clicking your bin and setting the disk space down to zero also put a check-mark 
in the box to by-pass the bin. Then re-boot your system, remove the check-mark and 
re-set the space. Please let me know if it works! Iain.

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SpyBot is a VERY revealing program! Click on Language flag.
Automatic Deletion of all TIF, TEMP & index.dat files. Delindex & EmpTemp

PerformanceImprovement

AlwaysUnloadDll 9x/ME

NTFS/FAT  


Iain

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Thanks, I will not be at my computer until next weekend, but I also noticed that my Control Panel icon is not working properly, either. When I get back I will try this method and reply my success or otherwise. Thanks again. Jim Callaghan


On Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 10:13 am, Iain wrote:

>Try right-clicking your bin and setting the disk space down to zero also put a check-mark 
>in the box to by-pass the bin. Then re-boot your system, remove the check-mark and 
>re-set the space. Please let me know if it works! Iain.

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Thank you Jim, With your control panel Icon not working properly you may héve a virus 
OR, more simply, a corrupted ShellIconCache file.

You will need to unhide hidden files and folders and then use find-file to look for 
ShellIconCache, delete it and re-boot your system allowing Windows to build you a 
new ShellIconCache.

Just in case:

Free on-line Anti-Virus check: HouseCall Anti Virus & Panda On-Line

And another from Symantec: Norton-Symantec

On-line security check from: Symantec Security Check

Configure your connection to protect your bios, etc.

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Thanks for your suggestions, but when I finally got back to my computer, everything is working. Don't ask !! I guess if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right ? It may well be that simply shutting it down and starting it up at a later time fixed it, so I think a reboot would have been the answer to this problem, I've seen that before, but didn't think to do it this time. Thanks for your input. I do like the info about changing the settings on the RB, as I ran into a problem with a file called Index.dat, and doing what you suggested worked. Thanks again. Jim


On Monday, February 17, 2003 at 3:11 am, Iain wrote:

>Thank you Jim, With your control panel Icon not working properly you may héve a 
virus 
>OR, more simply, a corrupted ShellIconCache file.
>
>You will need to unhide hidden files and folders and then use find-file to look 
for 
>ShellIconCache, delete it and re-boot your system allowing Windows to build you 
a 
>new ShellIconCache.
>
>Just in case:
>
>Free on-line Anti-Virus check: HouseCall Anti Virus & HREF="http://www.pandasoftware.com">Panda On-Line
>
>And another from Symantec: Norton-Symantec
>
>On-line security check from: Symantec Security Check
>
>Configure your connection to protect your bios, etc.

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OK, and thanks for letting me know Jim. Sometimes when the bin stops working a re-boot 
will free it up.


Iain

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Thanks for the tip-it worked.


On Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 10:13 am, Iain wrote:

>Try right-clicking your bin and setting the disk space down to zero also put a check-mark 
>in the box to by-pass the bin. Then re-boot your system, remove the check-mark and 
>re-set the space. Please let me know if it works! Iain.

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Thanks for letting me know. MAC

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Sorry to bring this up again , but my recycle bin is not working at all. When i try to delete something it takes forever , i just get the window telling me its going to the bin but nothing happens so i have to use task manager to stop it..

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