Recycle Bin Corrupted

Question

_{Monday, April 23, 2018 11:33 PM}

Everyone's solution online for fixing the "The Recycle Bin on C:\ is corrupted. Do you want to empty the Recycle Bin for this drive?" seems to be the following (taken from EaseUS.com's article)...

Step 1: Fix & repair corrupted Windows 10 recycle bin

Here are some fixes that you can try to repair corrupted recycle bin in Windows 10/8.1/8/7:

Method 1. Run CMD to fix corrupted Windows 10 recycle bin

1. 1. Go to **Start **> Click All Programs > Accessories;
2. 2. Right-click **Command Prompt **> Select "run cmd as administrator".
3. 3. Type: rd /s /q C:\Recycle.bin and hit Enter.
4. 4. Reboot computer and then you can reuse the Recycle Bin again.

If this doesn't work, open cmd window again and type: sfc / scannow >** Enter**. System File Checker will check and fix the problem for you.

Method 2. Delete all permissions, corrupted recycle bin and reinstall recycle bin in Windows

1. Delete all permissions and corrupted recycle bin

• Go to Control Panel > Tab File Explorer > Click View;
• Uncheck or unhide **system protected operating files **> Go to open each drive and you'll see the Recycle.bin folder and permissions with an additional recycle.bin;
• Delete all the permissions, all the recycle.bin(s) on each drive and then Restart Windows.

2. Reinstall recycle bin in Windows 10/8/7

• Right-click on Desktop > Select Personalize;
• Click on **Themes **> Click **Desktop **<sb style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;list-style:none;vertical-align:baseline;">Icon settings under Related Settings;</sb>
• Check Recycle Bin > Click Apply.

However, this isn't working for me with multiple users on totally different networks and domains. What's next? They're all on Windows 10 and they're all on domains. Do I run the commands on the network drives too from each workstation even though the error is always on the C:\ drive?

Thanks

All replies (1)

_{Tuesday, April 24, 2018 4:53 AM}

Hello,

Since the above mentioned solution doesn't works for you, unfortunately, you need to perform repair upgrade:

https://www.kapilarya.com/how-to-repair-windows-10-using-in-place-upgrade

Regards.

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