Recycle Bin Empties Automatically

Start, Settings, Control Panel, Scheduled Tasks.

Message Edited by BronxCats on 09-08-200612:46 PM

Check to see if you have a scheduled task running to empty the recycle bin when the system is shutdown.

Double-click line 64; right-hand column at:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Copy/paste entire file into Notepad. Save to desktop as recycle.reg
Close all running applications and log off net. Double-click the new file. Allow it to update your registry. Reboot when it's done.

Ron

First, when I double click on the right side of 64, it brings up a download screen where I can run repairrecyclebin or save it. How can I do a Copy and Paste?

Confused

 

 

Okay, I did a right click instead of a double click and selected copy and pasted it into notepad and saved in desktop as recycle.reg

 

Is this correct?

It has never been checked.

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@BronxCats wrote:

Okay, I did a right click instead of a double click and selected copy and pasted it into notepad and saved in desktop as recycle.reg

 

Is this correct?

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Yes. Now either double-click the recycle.reg file on the desktop or right-click it and select "Merge" from the context menu. You will be asked to okay making the change to your registry.

Hang on a sec. If I right-click that link, the only "Copy" I get is for link location itself, not for the entire file. It may depend on what brower you use, I have netscape. So perhaps you want to allow it to save the file to your disk with the recycle.reg name. If I right-click, I'd select "Save Link Target as". The file should start with this on the very first line:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

Ron

Thank you, thank you, thank you.  It worked. My recycle bin kept the files after I did a reboot.  Finally. I have been asking all forums and finally Dell came to the rescue.

I did the save as to target and saved in my downloads and then executed it from the run command and bingo!, it worked.

Thanks for all your help.

Okay, I right clicked and save as and I saved it in my Downloads and then ran it from the run command line and it looks like it worked. I restart my computer and see if my recycle bin retains what I put in it.

I will let you know either way.

 

Oops! I just saw you last reply after I typed this reply. I will try what you said about saving it as a file and not using note pad. Maybe that is why the following happened to me:

 

Okay, it works with either double click or right click and then merge.

It says Are you sure you want to add the information in C:\Documents and Settings\Pelham Manor Cats\Desktop\recycle.reg to the registry?

I answered Yes and received the following:Cannot import C:\Documents and Settings\Pelham Manor Cats\Desktop\recycle.reg: The specified file is not a registry script . You can only import binary registry files from within the registry editor.

Did I create the file wrong? Why didn't it work?

Message Edited by BronxCats on 09-08-200611:29 PM

Message Edited by BronxCats on 09-08-200611:33 PM

Well! That did not last long. I was there after I rebooted. I turned off my computer for the night and the next morning when I turned it on, the Recycle Bin was empty again.

 

Now What Do I Do??????

Try running a windows system file check:
click start>run
type in: sfc /scannow
(space between sfc and /)
click ok

Insert XP CD if sfc requests it. Reboot when it's done.

Ron

That did not work. It said that my XP Home Edition was too old. I have installed many updates including SP2 since I first installed XP Home Edition from Dell.

It could not load the DLLs because the ones on my system was newer than the ones on the CD. 

Message Edited by BronxCats on 09-10-200610:58 PM