Resolved Cannot empty recycle bin

Yeah. another one of these threads.

It all started months ago when I was doing "something" and some folder or such decided, after installation, to not delete. So I whipped out "The Avenger" which you may know of, and that was the end of whatever file that was.

But ironically the Avenger left its own folder on my disk at c:\. It wouldn't delete either, like it usually might. So I left that for a few months.

Recently it began to irritate me anew, so I again tried to destroy it with a different program, "Unlocker." Unlocker took a long time to think about it, and I figured it had failed to remove the "Avenger" folder when it reported success. I was astonished and thought about donating to the "Unlocker" developer. I emptied the recycle bin...but it still had something in it. A folder.

Dc55. (or some other number)

So, when I tried to delete this folder, unlocker "helpfully" chimed in saying, "that isn't locked, but I can help!" It does in fact delete this "Dc55" folder. Then a fresh one appears in the recycle bin, with some registry hash for a name or something like that. I can move the folder with unlocker, too. I can't go back to my simple "Avenger" problem now, I have a fully fledged recycle bin "situation. "

I would be quite surprised if Malware were at the heart of the issue - I am very cautious with what web sites I visit with this computer, but that said I don't know what happened or how to fix it. Help!

 

A trick I have used when there is a file "stuck" in the recycle bin is to delete a throw away file such as a word document or other file that you don't need, then empty the recylce bin. Seems to allow the recylce bin to clear itself.

 

Dear Evan Omo,
the first link gets this.
The second link gave me this when I tried to use the troubleshooter.

When I tried to do the instructions manually, I got this result.

Dear JohnB, I put a text file into the recycle bin and this is the message I received. Followed by , of course, this.

 

Agree with Evan, post in the Malware forum just in case. Sorry that did not work for you.

 

Dear friends.
Broni has fixed this problem from the malware forum. Thank you for your attentions.