Recycle Bin Acting Weird

[EXCellR8]

So this is a first, meaning I've never seen this happen before. My Windows XP recycle bin icon on the desktop shows there is something contained, yet when I access it there's nothing there. If I click Empty Recycle Bin I get "Are you sure you want to delete WINDOWS?" If I click "Yes" i get an error reading "Cannot delete Dd9: Access is denied." What the hell is that? After I exit the error message i hear the sound that indicates something has been deleted but the bin appears full.

I've tried moving a blank text document into the bin and then deleting it, but it still says 2 files instead of what is visible (1 file) and the Dd9 error comes up again, followed by the deletion sound. Any ideas as to what could be happening? It's sort of strange...

 

[LookinAround]

you might try
1) Running chkdsk /f first in case it's a filesystem integrity issue or
2) Try deleting recycler contents yourself (e.g. for one approach, see here)

 

[EXCellR8]

^I don't really understand what that's telling me to do...

Do I make a batch file with that whole for %%n in (C D E F G H Z) do rd /s /q %%n:\recycled or is there a simpler way?

[EDIT]: Batch file failed miserably, and CCleaner didn't fix it either... going to try chkdsk on next boot up

 

[kimsland]

Start > Run > CMD > ok

On the command prompt type in: rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin then press the Enter key

Then Restart

Note: Replace C: with any other drive/partition letter that you also have installed

 

[EXCellR8]

Seems to have worked... cool.

Thanks guys :grinthumb