Got old Recycle Bins? Clean them out!


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Earlier tonight I noticed the AV client was scanning a bunch of files in \$RECYCLE.BIN\.... My Recycle Bin's empty, so what is in there? Taking a look at that folder, there were a bunch of leftover folders from previous installs, some with unemptied Recycle Bins. Altogether this came up to 7.4 GB of wasted space. :blush:

So if you suspect there are leftover Recycle Bins on your PC, or if it's corrupt, simply delete the $RECYCLE.BIN or RECYCLER folder. You may have to turn off 'Hide protected Windows files' and turn on 'Show hidden files and folders,' and you may have to give yourself ownership of the folder to delete it. Windows will automatically recreate a Recycle Bin right after you clean out the folder.

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