Recycle bin /Not filling or emptying without REFRESH

I am running Vista business, and recently my recycle bin dissapeared (not the
first time). I right clicked desktop / personanlize / show recycle bin; and
now when it is full it shows as empty unless I right click desktop and
"Refresh"; then when it shows as full and I empty it, it will still show as
full until I again "Refresh" the desktop. I tried a system restore to 2
separate points, only to get an error message "system restore was
unsuccessfull. I have already done a clean install from an upgrade install.
PLEASE, any help. Next step , "Windows XP".

I am 2 weeks vacation from the "Vista" machine. I will try deleting your
suggestion on return. Terrible, but I wonder if all the enthusiasum I had for
Vista is as lost on others as it is on me?

"dean-dean" wrote:

> Try this. In Personalize > Change desktop icons, select the Recycle Bin
> icon and click on Restore Default (even if, and it probably is, already the
> default icon). If that doesn't work, try deleting the (hidden)
> "IconCache.db" file under C:\Users\(Your Name)\AppData\Local\ and restart
> your computer. A new one will be built automatically.
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> "Don" <> wrote in message
> news:48B09743-F988-43C7-B09F-...
> >I am running Vista business, and recently my recycle bin dissapeared (not
> >the
> > first time). I right clicked desktop / personanlize / show recycle bin;
> > and
> > now when it is full it shows as empty unless I right click desktop and
> > "Refresh"; then when it shows as full and I empty it, it will still show
> > as
> > full until I again "Refresh" the desktop. I tried a system restore to 2
> > separate points, only to get an error message "system restore was
> > unsuccessfull. I have already done a clean install from an upgrade
> > install.
> > PLEASE, any help. Next step , "Windows XP".
>
>