Recycle Bin shows it is empty, but it isn't

[caysimpson]

Hello, My Recycle Bin has 33 items in it, but none of them are visible.
Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

 

[JoAnn Paules]

So how do you know there's something in there if you can't see them?

 

[caysimpson]

I clicked on the 'Empty the Recycle Bin' icon and it queried "Delete all 33
items?"

So how do you know there's something in there if you can't see them?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Hello, My Recycle Bin has 33 items in it, but none of them are visible.
Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

 

[Mary Sauer]

Run the Fix-it utility from Microsoft.
The Recycle Bin icon does not refresh automatically in Windows Vista or in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968873/en-us

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Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

I clicked on the 'Empty the Recycle Bin' icon and it queried "Delete all 33
items?"

So how do you know there's something in there if you can't see them?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

Hello, My Recycle Bin has 33 items in it, but none of them are visible.
Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

 

[caysimpson]

That did not fix the problem, but thanks for trying to help.

Run the Fix-it utility from Microsoft.
The Recycle Bin icon does not refresh automatically in Windows Vista or in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968873/en-us

--
Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

I clicked on the 'Empty the Recycle Bin' icon and it queried "Delete all 33
items?"

So how do you know there's something in there if you can't see them?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



Hello, My Recycle Bin has 33 items in it, but none of them are visible.
Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Hello, My Recycle Bin has 33 items in it, but none of them are visible.
Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

Windows might be set to hide system files. That's its default.
In that case, if there are system files in the recycle bin, you wouldn't see
them.

If you want to check this, you can change your folder options to get Windows
to show you system files then have another look at the bin.