Windows 7 takes forever to empty the trash

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• On Windows 8 Mail, how to empty the trash files and junk on my Hotmail account?

  On Windows 8 Mail, how can I clear the "Delete" and "Junk" folders on my Hotmail account?

  I am able to empty these folders in my Hotmail Inbox when I access it via the browser, but can't find any way to do this on Windows Mail.

  Hello

  Only way I know how is if you simply press ctrl + a, then click on empty the junk e-mail folder and deleted files.
  Hope that helps.

• Windows 7 takes FOREVER to load the user/switch user screen

  Earlier today, I turned on my Toshiba laptop (Satellite P855-S5200) and got some kind of error message, and then he led me to a screen asking if I wanted to do a system repair or start windows normally. I chose the repair of the system, but then it seemed stuck in this process (it took forever and nothing happened), so I turned off the laptop (I don't know, not big), started in safe mode, and did a system restore to a restore point from a week ago. The 'starting Windows' screen come and don't go, no problem. Everything seemed fine until I got to the selection screen of the user (by default blue with the little Hummingbird or something else). Then he just sat there, on this screen. I could see the Hummingbird and the wavy lines, but there is no button to click on my user. I just let it sit there and after about 5 minutes, the usernames popped up and I was able to continue to use the computer with no problems, no speed no questions whatsoever. Now, he makes me wait each time, always five minutes, pop up user names before. It does when I reboot the machine and when I try to switch users.

  It's a Pentium Core i7

  2.3 Ghz

  8 GB RAM

  Windows 7 Home Premium

  Let me know if you need any other specifications.

  Any ideas?

  Thank you

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  I ended up calling Norton myself and they have taken control of my laptop and uninstalled. It starts like a charm, thank you for your help!

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• Put the files in the trash, empty the trash, and then doing some other stuff, and then when I couldn't find the files again, I reinstalled windows vista... now I need/want these files

  I sent files to the trash, and then I emptied the trash, and then realized that I only need/want these files, so I went to look for them, then screwed up everything while doing so somehow a shortcut on my desktop, then I put in the disc to reboot/reinstall the entire system windows vista... can we recover these items , or they are gone forever?

  I don't know what kind to reinstall you did.  If it was a repair/upgrade, you may be in better shape (fact he preserve your data and programs after the re - install - then you have made the right kind of re - install).

  If you did a reinstall to repair/upgrade and if you have Vista Business, Vista Ultimate or Vista Enterprise, you can be lucky.  They have so-called saves shadow copies, which are deleted or modified files that can be recovered in case changes/deletions made by mistake.  http://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/Windows-Vista/features/shadow-copy.aspx more information about how to use this feature to: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/howdoi/?p=145.

  If you have Vista Basic or Premium of Vista, shadow copies is not available; However, there is an alternative that is free and the shadow copies feature called Shadow Explorer. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/recover-files-with-shadow-copies-on-any-version-of-windows-vista/.  Although it will not help you this time, it could very well save you in case this happens again.

  If this does not work, here are a few free recovery programs that might help (if you did a lot for the system, because the files have been deleted, then chances are that less as they might otherwise be - see notes below):

  http://www.SnapFiles.com/freeware/system/fwdatarecovery.html (first try Recuva)

  http://www.SnapFiles.com/get/DiskDigger.html

  http://www.SnapFiles.com/get/easusdfr.html

  http://www.SnapFiles.com/get/restoration.html

  http://www.SnapFiles.com/downloads/Recuva/dlrecuva.html

  http://www.SoftPerfect.com/products/FileRecovery/

  http://techpaul.WordPress.com/2008/06/23/how-to-recover-your-lost-files/

  The files are not really deleted until they are crushed (although they are no longer available through conventional methods).  If you decide to try these recovery programs, you should stop using your drive hard immediately in order not to replace the data that you are trying to recover.  He slave on another PC and launch the recovery of this PC.  Even now you have definitely lost some of them if you use the same PC.  If you can not do this (slave on another PC), you run the risk of overwriting the data with every action you do on the PC (but you may still be able to recover some or most or even all files - it's a matter of luck).  The fact that you did a re - install is not good for what is successful, - but it's worth a try.

  Only you can decide if the data is important enough to take the PC to an expert data recovery to recover files (they will have better programs and hardware to do that none of us do, and I've provided above).  Do NOT go to the Geek Squad or one of these centers of store-, they generally don't know what they are doing - it take for expert data recovery.  It will cost you a little and they generally offer no guarantees.  The decision is yours.

  Good luck and I hope this helps!

  Lorien - MCSA/MCSE/network + / has + - if this post solves your problem, please click the 'Mark as answer' or 'Useful' button at the top of this message. Marking a post as answer, or relatively useful, you help others find the answer more quickly.

• right click on windows Explorer causes crash! Sometimes when I try to empty the trash, it also blocks? I use windows 7?

  right click on windows Explorer causes crash!  Sometimes when I try to empty the trash, it also blocks?  I use windows 7?

  Right-click accidents are caused by third-party shell extensions. To identify the culprit, you must use a utility like ShellExView and disable context menus not Microsoft managers one by one (or disable items in a batch) and observe.

  ShellExView - Manager of Windows Shell extensions:
  http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/shexview.html

  And instructions are here (see "Method 2")
  http://WindowsXP.MVPs.org/slowrightclick.htm

  Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Desktop Experience]

• When I try to access a web site, it goes into a cycle of "waiting on windows 8 or 3 pro surface and cannot empty the trash.

  I have some problems with a new surface pro 3.

  A. when I try to access a web site, it goes into a vicious circle of "waiting for...". That does not stop

  b. I can't empty the trash or delete a file downloaded my wife. I just get a "not responding".

  c. when I try to access the files on any mobile device, for example Flash Player, it is reported there is no files when I know there are many

  any suggestions?

  Dr

  I'm not sure that these are related between them, but

  A: open the options of IE, on the connection tab, click on "Network settings" and make sure that everything is disabled (off), then reboot and see if it helps.

  B: what process stops responding when you click the delete key?

  C: it may simply mean that the file permissions are not configured to allow you to access the files on a flash drive.  Do you know if there are security settings applied?

• Error 50 while emptying the trash

  I can't empty the trash error 50.  It seems that the number of documents and folders contains a character "null" at the end of their names.

  Yes, null files. You use Windows at all? If so, you can delete them in Windows. Otherwise, it is best to leave them alone. There they interfere with the normal functions of your Mac, erase and reinstall OS X using Internet for recovery.

  OS X: on OS X Recovery - Apple Support

• can't empty the Trash because of locked elements and certain permissions

  I want to well to empty the trash, but am getting blocked by two numbers, starting with:

  (1) ''there are some elements locked in the trash. " Do you want to remove all items, including those locked or just unlocked items? »

  Unlike previous messages or suggestions on the support Forum, this text box does not actually identify the locked objects, not their names, places or anything like that. Similarly, when I press Option with Secure Empty Trash, it scatters only my Finder window such that I can not select anything.

  I have browsed through the trash looking for ASCII files or other weird characters and have removed these (created a new folder on the desktop), but this has not changed anything.  When I try to Secure Empty Trash again, the same note appears.

  I tried the two options offered by this text box ('Remove all items' or 'Remove Unocked items'), but regardless of my choice, the following text is displayed:

  (2) the operation cannot be performed because you have not granted access to some of the elements. »

  I guess that brings me to permissions, but given that the article "troubleshooting permissions in Mac OS X - Apple support issues" has been archived and is no longer updated by Apple (from Jan 2016), I'm hoping to get information updated here.

  Please help me!

  MacBook using Mac OS X 10.10.5, with 8 GB

  Have you tried to command + Option + delete?

• How can I empty the trash when "empty trash" is not bolded

  When I go to file in the trash, empty the trash is printed light instead of bold.  What should I do?

  Hi BevGranfor,

  ·         What you mean exactly when you say "Empty trash is light Print instead of"BOLD"print"?

  ·         Did you do changes on the computer before the show?

  ·         What happens when you try to empty the trash?

  ·         You receive an error message?

  I suggest you follow the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base and check if it works.

  Cannot empty the Recycle Bin in Windows XP or Windows Vista

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2394521

  I hope this helps.

• I emptied the trash by mistake, how do I recover lost files photo

  I was trying to clean up my computer files and organize photos.  I deleted by mistake my folder of photos while emptying the trash.  How can I recover these files?  If all goes well, they are still on my hard drive somewhere?

  Hi, C.Ger,

  You can try Art Plus Digital Photo Recovery software

  http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/how-to-recover-deleted-corrupted-or-formatted-pictures-for-free/

  Recuva (freeware)

  http://tips4pc.com/articles/software%20tips/a_free_program_to_recover.htm

  How to recover Photos deleted from the computer with file recovery freeware

  http://www.EASEUS-deletedrecovery.com/recover-deleted-files/recover-deleted-photos.html

  Have you tried the system restore?

  Start > all programs > Accessories > system tools > system restore

  Select a date and time before you deleted the folder

  For the restoration of the file only

  You need to make the changes here: start/run/Regedit

  HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
  Shell Folders
  HKEY_CURRENT_USER
  Records

  in Shell Folders set data of my images to the address "C:\Documents and Settings\...\My Documents\My Pictures"
  in the user shell folders, leave the empty value of my photos

• Cannot eject my external drive after emptying the trash

  I have a very specific question and I was wondering if someone else he met.  This is for Windows XP.  If I delete a file from my external USB drive (happens to all readers regardless of the brand, size, etc.) and empty the trash, I can't remove the disc.  This only happens with this particular scenario
  but so far is happening on 2 PC's, I have at home.

  I checked for file handles and there is no open file handles.  I tried to wait a while but still not good.  My only solution is to shut down the PC and remove the disc.

  It would be great if I can find a solution to this problem very weird.  Thank you all.

  Mike P.

  Hello

  Did you follow all of the methods to solve the problem?

  If you have not tried the other methods of troubleshooting, I suggest you to try and see if the problem still occurs. Answer us about the State of the question whether or not it is resolved.

• No room left even if I delete songs - using Mac, empty the trash

  I use my Sansa Clip to listen to audio books only. Lately even if I delete the books there is a msg saying no left when I try to add more space.  I'm emptying the trash on my Mac that I use to manage files Sansa.  Memory says 3750 used, 22Mo left, no matter how I delete! Help?

  Is that what you're emptying the trash of Mac with the connected Sansa?

  Have you always used a Mac? If you also use the Sansa with a Windows computer, then it may have been connected in MTP, which is invisible to the Mac mode. You must connect to a Windows computer and delete the files from there.

  Then go to settings system/settings/USB Mode and make MSC.

  If you just want to start over, you can go to Settings/System Settings/Format and use it. It will remove everything you put on the Sansa.

• I'm not able to remove my old emails. Send them to the trash but when I try to empty the trash they simply go back to the Inbox.

  can't delete emails

  I'm not able to remove my old emails.  I send them to the trash, but when I try to empty the trash they will just return to the Inbox, or even when I open just the trash folder, that they will return in the Inbox right now.  I have Windows mail
  In addition to being more than a year and a half of this thread, it is Windows Mail for Vista. Windows 7 is an operating system, not an e-mail program. If you use Windows Live Mail, please ask here.
   
  Windows Live Mail Forum
  http://windowslivehelp.com/forums.aspx?ProductID=15

• I'm having a problem, empty the trash

  I'm having a problem emptying the trash. I have downloaded microsoft fix. This cleared up all the other problems with my computer except the Recycle Bin.

  I got it fix executed yesterday from 09:00 to 23:00 last night just on this one issue. The green bar moving across the screen to indicate that something was happening. However at 11 pm last night, I had to shutt off the PC. No idea what elese I can try that the computer runs pretty slow.

  There is nothing showing in the trash when I click on explore but when I put in the cell some files I didn't, but there was still nothing showin in the tray. I checked the properties to make sure that the parameter was not set to remove permentally, which was set to normal of any idea

  Hello

  Follow these steps to remove corruption and missing/damaged file system repair or replacement.

  Run DiskCleanup - start - all programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Cleanup

  Start - type in the search box - find command top - RIGHT CLICK – RUN AS ADMIN

  sfc/scannow

  How to analyze the log file entries that the Microsoft Windows Resource Checker (SFC.exe) program
  generates in Windows Vista cbs.log
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/928228

  Then, run checkdisk - schedule it to run at next boot, then apply OK your way out, then restart.

  How to run the check disk at startup in Vista
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/67612-check-disk-Chkdsk.html

  =================================

  After the foregoing:

  How to repair a trash corrupted in Windows 7 and Windows Vista
  http://www.Winhelponline.com/blog/fix-corrupted-Recycle-Bin-Windows-7-Vista/

  I hope this helps.

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• my trash moved to the d drive when I try to empty the trash, it is said the trash in the d drive is damaged to want to clear

  my trash moved to drive d.  When I try to empty the trash, it is said the trash in the d drive is corrupt you want to clean up.  We have 3 computers in the House, they are all the same and all have the same message.  Computers are PC HP Pavilion Media Center m8430f.

  Hi SharynZH,

  1. When did you start to question?

  2. did you of recent changes to the computer?

  You can try the following steps and check if it helps to fix this problem.

  Step 1:

  a. go to control panel and double click on "Folder Options".

  b. Select "Show files & hidden folders" and uncheck "Hide protected operating system files"

  c. click on "Apply" or "OK".

  d. go to your D: drive, find the $RECYCLE. BIN folder, right click > delete

  e. then go back to Folder Options and change the settings back

  f. restart your computer and check.

  Step 2:

  If you still experience the problem, then try to run a sfc scan that will replace missing or corrupt files & check if the problem persists.

  For more information, you can consult the following link.

  How to use the System File Checker tool to fix the system files missing or corrupted on Windows Vista or Windows 7

  Hope this information is useful.