Make sure to keep your antivirus and anti-spyware apps fully updated.
I deleted in safe mode C:\Windows\Prefetch and C:\temp, however I could not access some files within C:\Windows\temp as cookies, history and temporary internet files as well as a file called ~700000.tmp. The following window appeared when I tried them:
"...is not accessible. Access is denied".
But the most important is that the computer seems to have recovered from its ‘anarchical promenade’ on the web, there is no wild pop ups anymore, only Perfect Process complaining for a new virus every now and then, but I don’t think that is a real thread since I ran several online antiviruses with success. Spy sweeper keeps cool more than one minute! I think you did a great job! Even if you are ‘just doin' my job maam!’ I hope that this has provided you with interesting observations that you will be able to use for other cases. I will advertise your forum.
Hi Buckeye_Sam! I am back because I just saw that my recycle bin is still stuck with 6 items while there is nothing inside. I still try to empty these items, but they still come back! Did we forget to fix anything?
Well there is some kind of improvement since I do not get the message 'do you want to delete these 6 items?' anymore. But when I create a document and try to delete it afterwards, nothing get to the bin, which remains empty.
My recycle bin is working now! I don't understand what happened… Maybe it was afraid of being swept by the magic intervention of Buckeye_Sam! Anyway thank you.
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Boot into safe mode and empty the contents of each of these folders:
C:\Windows\Prefetch
C:\Windows\temp
C:\temp
Flush your system restore.
http://www.short-media.com/forum/showpost.php?p=172591&postcount=4
Make sure to keep your antivirus and anti-spyware apps fully updated.
I deleted in safe mode C:\Windows\Prefetch and C:\temp, however I could not access some files within C:\Windows\temp as cookies, history and temporary internet files as well as a file called ~700000.tmp. The following window appeared when I tried them:
"...is not accessible. Access is denied".
But the most important is that the computer seems to have recovered from its ‘anarchical promenade’ on the web, there is no wild pop ups anymore, only Perfect Process complaining for a new virus every now and then, but I don’t think that is a real thread since I ran several online antiviruses with success. Spy sweeper keeps cool more than one minute! I think you did a great job! Even if you are ‘just doin' my job maam!’ I hope that this has provided you with interesting observations that you will be able to use for other cases. I will advertise your forum.
Click Start, Run and type cmd. Press OK.
A DOS window will open.
Type the following and then press Enter after typing each one:
attrib -h -s c:\recycler
del c:\recycler
Close the window and REBOOT.
Let me know if that does the trick.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/restorerecyclebin.reg
Double-click it, and then Ok it merging to the registry. Reboot and see if your recycle bin is working.
Ok, let's try this.
Go to Start > Run and enter cmd This will open a command shell. Type or Copy and Paste in the following command and press Enter.
rd /s c:\recycler