When I delete something I get a message that says ‘The Recycle Bin on C/: is corrupted. Do you want to empty the Recycle Bin for this drive?’ If I click Yes the message appears again, and if I click on No the message goes, but when I open the Recycle Bin there is nothing in it. What can I do?
Pat Arber, by email
All sorts of things, including unsuccessful updates can cause the Recycle Bin to throw a wobbly so assuming that you are using Windows Vista, W7 or W8, try this simple procedure to empty and reset the Bin. In any Search box type ‘cmd’ (without the quotes), then right-click on cmd.exe and select Run as Administrator. In the black command prompt box that opens, at the flashing cursor type the following: rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin and press Return.