Corrupt Recycle Bin?

Windows XP Home, Sp3. (Spare computer for emergency use and which contains programs which will not operate in Windows 7).

If I open the recycle bin, there is nothing there.

If I try to empty the recycle bin, the message asks "Are you sure you want to delete these 8 items ? ".

If I say "yes ", I get an "error deleting file or folder" message which states "cannot delete filterpipelineprintproc: Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write protected and that the file is not currently in use ".

How can I fix this problem?

 

Two things come to mind.

1. You "may" be infected.

2. Try the link below.

http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f10/solved-recycle-bin-wont-empty-501698.html

 

Thank you for the reply.

I ran Avast, Malwarebytes, AdAware and Chkdsk. All OK.

Microsoft Fixit had to shut down because of a problem, but I seem to remember it doing that in the past with other computers.

Folder options is set to "Show hidden files, folders and drives ". "Hide protected operating system files" is unchecked.

The recycle bin shows empty with 0 objects and 0 bytes, but if I check "empty recycle bin ", it states 8 items. If I proceed with empty, it says it cannot delete filterpipelineprintproc. If I add a file to the recycle bin, it then shows 9 files. It will delete the added file but then says it cannot delete filterpipelineprintproc.

Filterpipelineprintproc appears several times in C: I thought this was automatically deleted in a system update or something like that? A Google search seems to say that it shouldn't be there, but not sure. Don't know why it seems to be connected with the recycle bin.

It seems as though there are two issues (maybe related?): Corrupt recycle bin and the appearance of the filterpipelineprintproc file. If rd /s c:\<recycle bin folder> is invoked, will a reboot restore the recycle bin?

 

Using the command rd /s I tried to remove the recycler folder from all drives and then reboot. When it came to the external hard drive, it would not remove many files because of protection. Thinking that removing the external drive might solve the problem, I removed it and rebooted. Then the recycle bin would not work at all because the commands were greyed out. Another odd thing is that after all but the external drive were reset, the number of files indicated in the recycler were 2 and not 8. When I plugged the external drive back in, the recycle bin commands were present, but it wouldn't delete the filterpipelineprintproc file. Why won't the recycle bin function when the external drive is unplugged?

I did a search of all files and folders and found that filterpiplineprintproc.dll appears 13 times. Six of those are in C:. Many are in the external drive. Maybe these are the cause of the recycle bin behavior. Can I delete them?

 

The problem seems to reside with the Recycler in the external hard drive. If I unplug the drive, the recycle bin seems to operate normally. The Recycler folder in that drive would not remove manually or with the rd /s L:recycler command. I downloaded and installed Unlocker.

Unlocker states that it has removed the selected folder (recycler) but it hasn't. It did let me rename the folder to recycler x. I then shut down, rebooted and saw that a new recycler folder had been created. Deleting a file and then emptying the recycle bin seemed to proceed normally.

The new recycler x folder would not delete manually, but Unlocker deleted it. I rebooted again and this time new items appeared in the recycle bin which would not delete with Unlocker. For some reason, deleting the recycler x folder caused new items to appear in the recycle bin which unlocker would not remove. At this point I can go round and round in a circle!

If I rename and delete the folder in one step without rebooting and then reboot, a new recycler folder is created with items which cannot be emptied. Unlocker also will not delete the items.

There is apparently something in the removable drive which places itself in the recycle bin upon reboot.

 

Here is more: If I leave the new, recyclex, folder in the system, the recycle bin seems to operate normally. It is as though whatever caused the unremovable items to be put in the recycle bin was happy that it had done so unless that folder was removed, in which case it would do the delete function again.

Thinking about the filterpipelineprintproc issue again, I did a search for that file in the external drive and came up with 6 instances. Coincidentally, this is the same number of files in the recycle bin which cannot be removed (but without names). Right clicking on these files does not offer an option to delete. If I right click and open the containing folder and then try to find that folder in Explorer I can't.

Apparently I can leave the new recyclex folder in place and consider the problem solved, however I sure would like to repair whatever is causing the problem.

 

You may have to reformat your external hard drive.

 

I've been away for a while. Will get back to things soon.

The external drive is 500 gig of all kinds of things I don't want to lose. Reformatting would lose it all--right?

 

Windows XP:
•Click ‘Start’
•Choose ‘Run’
•Type ‘cmd’ to start Command Prompt
•Type ‘cacls.exe [DRIVE LETTER]:\[Folder Name] /T /G [Your Windows Account Name]:F‘ – without the quotes •within the command prompt type del [DRIVE LETTER]:\[Folder Name]
•or
•Navigate to the folder, and delete.


I don't know if this will work. If it doesn't you might have to reformat the drive. Which yes you will lose everything. I read it's a .dll temp file from netframework 3.5. install.