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05-27-2008
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| | Recycle Bin icon always looks empty? My recycle bin disapeared and although I was able to right click and choose the personalize menu to change icons it does not work properly. When I delete anything the recycle bin icon always looks empty even when there are deleted files present? Has anyone experienced this? James |
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05-27-2008
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| | Re: Recycle Bin icon always looks empty? Hi James, Fixing the Recycle Bin icon using "Desktop Icon Settings" is the solution. See: Recycle Bin icon does not refresh automatically: http://www.winhelponline.com/article...matically.html -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com "James Truelove" <james.truelove@xxxxxx-sky.com> wrote in message news:%23s%23TX28vIHA.4876@xxxxxx My recycle bin disapeared and although I was able to right click and choose the personalize menu to change icons it does not work properly. When I delete anything the recycle bin icon always looks empty even when there are deleted files present? Has anyone experienced this? James |
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05-27-2008
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| | Re: Recycle Bin icon always looks empty? Many thanks Ramesh. I tried bot methods but neither seemed to work BUT after a reboot the recycle bin worked. James "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:utKyXK9vIHA.1936@xxxxxx Hi James, Fixing the Recycle Bin icon using "Desktop Icon Settings" is the solution. See: Recycle Bin icon does not refresh automatically: http://www.winhelponline.com/article...matically.html -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com "James Truelove" <james.truelove@xxxxxx-sky.com> wrote in message news:%23s%23TX28vIHA.4876@xxxxxx My recycle bin disapeared and although I was able to right click and choose the personalize menu to change icons it does not work properly. When I delete anything the recycle bin icon always looks empty even when there are deleted files present? Has anyone experienced this? James |
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05-27-2008
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| | Re: Recycle Bin icon always looks empty? You're welcome James. -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com "James Truelove" <james.truelove@xxxxxx-sky.com> wrote in message news:OOVaGFAwIHA.1936@xxxxxx Many thanks Ramesh. I tried bot methods but neither seemed to work BUT after a reboot the recycle bin worked. James "Ramesh, MS-MVP" <ramesh@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:utKyXK9vIHA.1936@xxxxxx Hi James, Fixing the Recycle Bin icon using "Desktop Icon Settings" is the solution. See: Recycle Bin icon does not refresh automatically: http://www.winhelponline.com/article...matically.html -- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com "James Truelove" <james.truelove@xxxxxx-sky.com> wrote in message news:%23s%23TX28vIHA.4876@xxxxxx My recycle bin disapeared and although I was able to right click and choose the personalize menu to change icons it does not work properly. When I delete anything the recycle bin icon always looks empty even when there are deleted files present? Has anyone experienced this? James |
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06-03-2008
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| Vista Home Premium 32bit | Re: Recycle Bin icon always looks empty? Hi.. I have faced this issue and then found out that i had a Recycle bin Shortcut on the Desktop that never gets refreshed. You need to have the actual Recycle bin icon that you can put by following these steps. 1. Right click on Desktop > Personalize. 2. Click the Change Desktop Icons link on the left hand side. 3. Now you can just re-check the checkboxes for whichever icons you want on the desktop. 4. Now this new icon of Recycle bin that would be without the small Arrow on it will be working fine. Try it, it works |
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06-03-2008
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| Vista Home Premium 32bit | Re: Recycle Bin icon always looks empty? Hi.. I have faced this issue and then found out that i had a Recycle bin Shortcut on the Desktop that never gets refreshed. You need to have the actual Recycle bin icon that you can put by following these steps. 1. Right click on Desktop > Personalize. 2. Click the Change Desktop Icons link on the left hand side. 3. Now you can just re-check the checkboxes for whichever icons you want on the desktop. 4. Now this new icon of Recycle bin that would be without the small Arrow on it will be working fine. Try it, it works |
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