Vista - 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".

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.




"Don" <Don@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:48B09743-F988-43C7-B09F-4F19302C2456@microsoft.com...
>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".

Hi Don,

Try the method in the "Broken Refresh" section here.

Recycle Bin

If you would like to replace the "Delete" option from Recycle Bin's right click menu so you do not have to worry about deleting the icon again, then look here for how to do it.

Recycle Bin Menu

Shawn

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.
>
>
>
>
> "Don" <Don@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:48B09743-F988-43C7-B09F-4F19302C2456@microsoft.com...
> >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".
>
>