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well first of all i would be *extremely* careful in suggesting anything without being able to sit down and look for myself... BUT if it is an NTFS or FAT32 drive under windows i believe right-clicking on the drive in "my computer" will give a properties box, with one tab being "tools" or something, and one option there being "repair" ... that is def worth a try but be aware that it might require a reboot if it needs to do a surface scan too
if that doesnt work then i would be puzzled to say the least
hth and good luck
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
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Thanks.
I've had Windows XP SP3.
I've not any problems with it, just I've wanted to delete that folder.
I don't think so the File System is corrupt (my drives are NTFS), but I'll try your suggestion.
By the way Scan Disk can find any errors ?
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whats actually in the folder? and how did it get there?
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
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Allright.
Some days ago my system had a virus , I cleaned it (with updated ESET Smart Security) and I'm sure my system is clear rightnow.
After that I pryed  in my drives and I delete this folder (System Volume Information).
At first it deleted easily and I didn't have any problems. But when I reser my sestem and wanted to delete it from my recycle bin , this problem occured and I couldn't delete it. I couldn't restore it though 
I was looking for a solution to solve it and I found this site[^].
I could to empty my recycle bin with rename RECYCLER folder to anther name (so RECYCLER1), but I haven't deleted RECYCLER1 so far.
This was my story 
Now can you help me
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ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh a virus ..... hmmmmmmmm then you might have more problems since there is obviously a process running that takes ownership of the folder and/or recreates it if it gets deleted
i think you will have to identify the virus (usually the process that owns the folder) and try to remove that process either manually or with a virus killer designed for that infection
shame thats horrible
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
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l a u r e n wrote: i think you will have to identify the virus (usually the process that owns the folder) and try to remove that process either manually or with a virus killer designed for that infection
I've did it, I'm sure my system is clear now.
I've wanted to delete it with Linux but I could't so I think a virus didn't cause this problem .
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probably linux didnt mount the ntfs partition as read / write ... which is usual for live cds ... normally you could have deleted it from linux if you were using the ntfs-3g sub-system
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
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I don't think so.
Thanks anyway
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You probably need to take ownership of the folder, and remove any 'limbo' permissions.
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but surely if he booted into knoppix live cd there wont be any ownership issues since windows isnt even running??
thats whats puzzling me
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
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l a u r e n wrote: issues since windows isnt even running??
I am not sure how NTFS does it exactly, but I have seen it happen. A 'scandisk' will probably fix it on second thought.
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l a u r e n wrote: if he booted into knoppix live cd there wont be any ownership issues since windows isnt even running?
Yes, I find that puzzling as well.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
"Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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If the folder is not taking up any space, why not just leave it? If it is taking up space, can you delete the contents of it? Try that and see what is causing the access denied error.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
"Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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Paul Conrad wrote: If the folder is not taking up any space, why not just leave it? If it is taking up space, can you delete the contents of it?
The folder is 0 Byte. I've wanted to know it.
Paul Conrad wrote: Try that and see what is causing the access denied error.
I've tried everything but I couldn't find anything to solve it
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One solution, might not be what you are looking for, could be to just wipe the drive and reinstall. But, why do that if it is a pesky zero byte file/folder, no harm in letting it be.
"The clue train passed his station without stopping." - John Simmons / outlaw programmer
"Real programmers just throw a bunch of 1s and 0s at the computer to see what sticks" - Pete O'Hanlon
"Not only do you continue to babble nonsense, you can't even correctly remember the nonsense you babbled just minutes ago." - Rob Graham
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With a hexeditor?
(do not actually do this, there is a 99.99% chance that it will make matters worse)
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A hexeditor !
What's that ?
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Are you serious or...??
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As I know , we can use Notepad for editing it.
I thought it's a special name of a program.
Thanks anyway
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You can directly edit your harddisk with notepad..? How?
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No. I've not yet.
Have you try them, these have worked ?
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I tried it.
It didn't work
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I'll assume the folder path is c:\Recycler1
Open the parent folder in explorer. Right click Recycler1 and select properties. Select the Security tab.
Click Advanced and select the Owner tab. Select yourself as the owner, tick the checkbox for "Replace owner on subcontainers and object" and click "Ok" twice.
Open a command prompt.
Run ATTRIB -R -A -S -H C:\Recycler1 /S /D
try to delete: DEL C:\Recycler1 /S
If it's still not deletable you're probably having a file/folder with a filename that ends with a dot or a space or the file is being accessed by a program. But try this first.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Open Select the Security tab.
Click Advanced and select the Owner tab. Select yourself as the owner, tick the checkbox for "Replace owner on subcontainers and object" and click "Ok" twice.
I've had WinXp SP2 so I've not seen any Security tab or Owner tab 
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