How do I fix my recycle bin that doesn't show the deleted items?

Okay, I found a fix. All I had to do was:

  • Open a command prompt with administrator privilege.

  • In the command prompt, type rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin and press Enter. [NOTE: For the other hard drive letters, substitute C: for the other hard drive letter instead. For example: rd /s /q E:\$Recycle.bin]

  • Close command prompt window.

  • Refresh the desktop. [NOTE: The Recycle Bin should be all right by now. If not, then repeat these steps for any other hard drive letter that you have.]

I helped myself. Hope, I helped some of you as well.


That means that if you have a drive with two partitions, you need to do the same with the other partition.

For instance I dual boot XP and 7. I had to do this for both XP and 7. Then it worked.

Also, you can just delete the folder in the Explorer window, rather than go to a command prompt.