Recycle Bin does not show deleted files Vista

I made sure that the custom size option is selected for the recycle bin. I can delete files, but the recycle bin does not show any of the files that have been deleted. The recycle bin does show the full icon when items are deleted and I can undelete the last file that was deleted by right clicking in the bin window and selecting undo delete. No other previous files deleted show or are able to restore. I just re-installed windows, but I have been getting alot of advertisements in my email from some bogus job search engine. That has to be the only thing it could be that has caused this. Other similar forum entries I have viewed tried alot of things but never solved the problem, also 2 of them state that the problem fixes itself after a couple of days.

Someone plz help!!

Thank You,
-Nate

 

Greetings, nateb4s5...

A few things to try, if you haven't already:

1. Right-click the recycle bin, click Properties, and make sure "Don't move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove files immediately when deleted." is not selected. (illustration below)...

2. Open an elevated Command Prompt window by clicking Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator...type the following command and press ENTER: 'rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin' (sans quotes)...(this clears out the $Recycle.bin folder for the C:\ drive - you may have to do this for each hard disk partition in your system)...type 'exit' (sans quotes) to close the Command Prompt window...reboot your machine, see if there's a change in symptoms...

3. Boot into Safe Mode, delete some files, and see if they are visible within the recycle bin and if you can restore and/or permanently delete them - this could tell us if there is some startup and/or 3rd-party program that is causing the problem...

4. If you don't already have another User on your computer, please create another user account. Delete some files (I would suggest deleting files you do not need, or create some new ones, then delete them). Then see if you can view those deleted files in the recycle bin. If you can, then your profile is probably corrupted in some way...

Try those - keep us posted...

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Hello Caliban,

Step 1. Is OK
Step 2. Tried the Dos Command but still does not work.
Step 3. Tried Booting into safe mode, and it works fine.
Step 4. Tried Creating a new User Account, and it works fine as well.

Thanks,
-Nateb4s5

 

Turns out it works, I'm Guessing, after a creating a new user profile. Thats the only significant thing, or possibly testing it in safe mode made something happen to the configuration.

Thank You Very Much!!
-nateb4s5

:-D

 

Good job - glad you got it sorted...