Recycle bin icon no longer works

Dear Chums,

The recycle bin icon on my desktop has stopped working. Instead of the glass
filling up whenever I delete something and then emptying when I empty the
recycle bin, the glass remains resolutely empty. If I open the recycle bin
folder the deleted files are there. How do I restore functionality, please?

Regards

Alex McFarlane

Alex McFarlane wrote:

> Dear Chums,
>
> The recycle bin icon on my desktop has stopped working. Instead of the
> glass filling up whenever I delete something and then emptying when I
> empty the recycle bin, the glass remains resolutely empty. If I open the
> recycle bin folder the deleted files are there. How do I restore
> functionality, please?

See if either of these fixes by MVP Ramesh does the job:

Recycle Bin icon does not refresh automatically
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...icon-does-not-
refresh-automatically.html

How to Fix a Corrupted Recycle Bin in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ho...ecycle-bin-in-
windows-vista/

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Sadly none of the suggested fixes worked.

Any further ideas, please?

AMcF


"Malke" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Alex McFarlane wrote:
>
>> Dear Chums,
>>
>> The recycle bin icon on my desktop has stopped working. Instead of the
>> glass filling up whenever I delete something and then emptying when I
>> empty the recycle bin, the glass remains resolutely empty. If I open the
>> recycle bin folder the deleted files are there. How do I restore
>> functionality, please?
>
> See if either of these fixes by MVP Ramesh does the job:
>
> Recycle Bin icon does not refresh automatically
> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...icon-does-not-
> refresh-automatically.html
>
> How to Fix a Corrupted Recycle Bin in Windows Vista:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ho...ecycle-bin-in-
> windows-vista/
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>
>

Alex McFarlane wrote:

> Sadly none of the suggested fixes worked.
>
> Any further ideas, please?

>>> The recycle bin icon on my desktop has stopped working. Instead of the
>>> glass filling up whenever I delete something and then emptying when I
>>> empty the recycle bin, the glass remains resolutely empty. If I open the
>>> recycle bin folder the deleted files are there. How do I restore
>>> functionality, please?
>>
>> See if either of these fixes by MVP Ramesh does the job:
>>
>> Recycle Bin icon does not refresh automatically
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/article...icon-does-not-
>> refresh-automatically.html
>>
>> How to Fix a Corrupted Recycle Bin in Windows Vista:
>> http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ho...ecycle-bin-in-
>> windows-vista/

The First Question Of Troubleshooting: If the problem is new, what changed
between the time things worked and the time they didn't?

If the First Question of Troubleshooting can't be satisfactorily answered
(and/or reversing whatever changed doesn't help) and the problem is very
recent (no older than a week), do a System Restore to when things worked.

To run System Restore, go to the Start Orb and in the Start Search box type
"System Restore" without the quotes. System Restore will appear in the
Programs result. Click on it, allow the UAC prompt, and follow the wizard.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Try this: Right click on the desktop > Personalize > Theme. Here yo
change your theme from the current theme to another theme - and then yo
change it back to your original theme. That trick has always worked fo
me. I had the same situation a few times. "Theme" controls the recycl
bin

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"Alex McFarlane" <> wrote in message
news:88B0F567-2764-4856-A833-...
> Dear Chums,
>
> The recycle bin icon on my desktop has stopped working. Instead of the
> glass filling up whenever I delete something and then emptying when I
> empty the recycle bin, the glass remains resolutely empty. If I open the
> recycle bin folder the deleted files are there. How do I restore
> functionality, please?
>
> Regards
>
> Alex McFarlane


See here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968873/en-us

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience & Security

Hello Alex,

This is a refreshing issue with the Recycle Bin icon not refreshing
properly when it's status changes from empty or full. If you have not
already fixed this, then this can help show you how to.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66...cycle-bin.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Alex McFarlane;1158310 Wrote:
> Dear Chums,
>
> The recycle bin icon on my desktop has stopped working. Instead of the
> glass
> filling up whenever I delete something and then emptying when I empty
> the
> recycle bin, the glass remains resolutely empty. If I open the recycle
> bin
> folder the deleted files are there. How do I restore functionality,
> please?
>
> Regards
>
> Alex McFarlane


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