$Recycle.Bin? how to clear?

[warcraft7]

hey there just wondering what this thing is and why its taking up almost 25 Gigs on my harddrive which i could greatly use right now...

also is there anyway i can clear or delete it? its killing my space...its a hidden file found at

Computer/Local Disk C:/$Recycle.Bin

and its inside there...how to remove,clear,or delete this file so i dont have 25 gigs of wasted space...its a 2 year old vista and i only had about 80 to start with

 

[warcraft7]

anyone know anything? =/ could use some help here

 

[Slapshot136]

just to clarify, have you emptied the recycle bin from the desktops of all users?

 

[warcraft7]

just to clarify, have you emptied the recycle bin from the desktops of all users?

im the only user and yes its emptied

 

[Slapshot136]

I just looked at mine, mine is near empty (~4kb), but it fills up if I delete something, and shrinks in size when I recycle stuff - if you delete something and then clear the recycle bin, do you see it go up and down in usage?

 

[warcraft7]

I just looked at mine, mine is near empty (~4kb), but it fills up if I delete something, and shrinks in size when I recycle stuff - if you delete something and then clear the recycle bin, do you see it go up and down in usage?

I deleted a few things but it didnt change at all...its stuck on 24.5 Gigs...wonder what would happen if i delete it...lol seriously im down to 6 Gigs lol

 

[Slapshot136]

my guess is that it would be very hard if not impossible to delete from within windows, and if you do somehow manage to delete it, you will need to run a windows start-up repair in order to get it running again

what happens if you run disk cleanup? what size does it show for the recycle bin?

 

[The Helper]

Use a tool like ccleaner.

Run the cleaner and see if you get the space back.

 

[warcraft7]

Use a tool like ccleaner.

Run the cleaner and see if you get the space back.

well that cleaned up about 4.5 gigs so thanks but the 25 gig file is still there...no idea what it is...might be ghost/traces of things ive deleted in the past...seen that in a few places...

any ideas on the file yet?

thanks for all the help btw

 

[The Helper]

I did some research and what that file is space allocated for the Recycle Bin but not yet used. In other words, Windows is holding that amount space open for your Recycle Bin, even though you don't have anything in it. Since the OS is allocating the space you will not be able to delete that file as it will be Protected.

 

[UndeadDragon]

I did some research and what that file is space allocated for the Recycle Bin but not yet used. In other words, Windows is holding that amount space open for your Recycle Bin, even though you don't have anything in it. Since the OS is allocating the space you will not be able to delete that file as it will be Protected.

If this is the case you could try right-clicking the recycle bin, click properties and change the custom size.

 

[warcraft7]

@UndeadDragon

Thxs bro that free like 15 Gigs of space...although it still says the files 24.5 Gigs...so idk...would like to have 50g of free space but w/e its cool...unless u guys still wanna try to figure it out heres some more pics...the size went from like 5200->900 and the other from 1000->w/e i put lol

 

[warcraft7]

bump!

still trying to figure out how to get rid of this thing since im out of space agian...and i dont know why...i know i cant just delete it...so how could i clear its cashe? or something to that effect so i can get back the 24.5 Gigs of space this one file is taking up

 

[warcraft7]

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2802/vista_how_to_reset_recycle_bin/

FOUND A SOLUTION!...i think...anyone think its safe?