Unable to empty the trash (too many files!)
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Hello,
I recently had to delete a fairly large folder containing around 250,000 files (it's the region folder of a quite large Minecraft map...)
See this thread:
https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-27160603-dossier-impossible-a-supprimer-couper-coller#p27181931
The problem I am facing is that I can no longer view the contents of the recycle bin or empty it.
Indeed, the display of the contents in the recycle bin never finishes, even after several hours. My PC is relatively powerful, but given the amount of files to process, I understand that it doesn't work.
The same problem occurs when trying to empty the recycle bin. The small window showing the progress of the deletion opens, but the progress bar never appears.
The issue is that this large folder prevents any scanning (antivirus, Malwarebytes, etc.) even though it is in the recycle bin.
Hence my question: is there a way to force the emptying of the recycle bin? Or to get rid of this large number of files by any means?
Thank you in advance,
Quitusais
Configuration: Windows 7 / Chrome 24.0.1312.57
I recently had to delete a fairly large folder containing around 250,000 files (it's the region folder of a quite large Minecraft map...)
See this thread:
https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-27160603-dossier-impossible-a-supprimer-couper-coller#p27181931
The problem I am facing is that I can no longer view the contents of the recycle bin or empty it.
Indeed, the display of the contents in the recycle bin never finishes, even after several hours. My PC is relatively powerful, but given the amount of files to process, I understand that it doesn't work.
The same problem occurs when trying to empty the recycle bin. The small window showing the progress of the deletion opens, but the progress bar never appears.
The issue is that this large folder prevents any scanning (antivirus, Malwarebytes, etc.) even though it is in the recycle bin.
Hence my question: is there a way to force the emptying of the recycle bin? Or to get rid of this large number of files by any means?
Thank you in advance,
Quitusais
Configuration: Windows 7 / Chrome 24.0.1312.57
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Thank you for your answers.
@hardrockeur49: It doesn't work with CCleaner, the software crashes. I used Unlocker (according to the advice of a member from CCM, see the link in my first message) to put the folder in the recycle bin.
I tried with Advanced Care Search, but the software crashes every time I try to clean the recycle bin.
Here is the procedure that was described:
You run "CMD", then you end the "explorer.exe" process (ctrl+alt+delete), then using "CMD" you delete the file by accessing its path (cd, cd..) and the "DEL" command to remove it (RMDIR to delete a folder), then re-run the "explorer.exe" process.
@tonton sebastien:
I think Unlocker "forced" it to the recycle bin. If I had known earlier the problems it would cause, I wouldn't have done it.
I did a "namip" with the command prompt opened as administrator, but it didn't work.
Here is the dialog box:
http://hpics.li/f6e2446
@hardrockeur49: It doesn't work with CCleaner, the software crashes. I used Unlocker (according to the advice of a member from CCM, see the link in my first message) to put the folder in the recycle bin.
I tried with Advanced Care Search, but the software crashes every time I try to clean the recycle bin.
Here is the procedure that was described:
You run "CMD", then you end the "explorer.exe" process (ctrl+alt+delete), then using "CMD" you delete the file by accessing its path (cd, cd..) and the "DEL" command to remove it (RMDIR to delete a folder), then re-run the "explorer.exe" process.
@tonton sebastien:
I think Unlocker "forced" it to the recycle bin. If I had known earlier the problems it would cause, I wouldn't have done it.
I did a "namip" with the command prompt opened as administrator, but it didn't work.
Here is the dialog box:
http://hpics.li/f6e2446
Unfortunately, it didn't work.
Once the command prompt was executed as administrator, I entered in the line
C:\Windows\system32>rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin
I pressed enter,
then in the line that appears I type exit
But the recycle bin remains as it is.
Maybe by disabling the protections and allocating more space to your recycle bin. I read in another post that the file was heavy, several gigabytes; how could the recycle bin accept it without offering permanent deletion?
You have less space allocated in the recycle bin than what you threw away, so where are the files?
I also read:
Is there a way to delete this kind of stubborn folder? The only methods I could find online involve manipulating the BIOS, which I don't know how to do.
What procedures were they suggesting to do in the BIOS?
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/468250
The Recycled folder itself may be corrupted. Files are
moved to it and the Recycle Bin appears full on the Desktop, but
you cannot view its contents and the Empty Recycle Bin command
is not available. Deleting the Recycled folder and
restarting Windows will recreate this folder and make it functional again: