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To have us fix this problem for you, go to the “ Fix it for me” section. This article helps you fix the Recycle Bin so that it works correctly. However, if you press the F5 button on the keyboard to refresh the Desktop manually, the Recycle Bin icon refreshes correctly.

Instead, the Recycle Bin icon is stuck on either the empty icon or the full icon. The Recycle Bin icon in Windows Vista or Windows XP does not refresh after you empty the recycle bin or delete a file or a folder. Afterward, restart your PC.Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit Edition Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit Edition Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit Edition Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit Edition Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Business 64-bit Edition Windows Vista Enterprise Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Starter Windows Vista Ultimate Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional More.

This command will scan Windows system files, which can take several minutes.

This time, enter the following command: sfc /scannow

If you still get the error message about a corrupted recycle bin, open the command-line tool with administrator privileges again.

If the desktop icon goes missing, restore it as described above. Only the Recycle Bin data on this drive will be deleted. Replace the “X” with the letter of the drive containing the corrupted Recycle Bin.

Enter the following command in the command line: rd /s /q X:\$Recycle.bin.

Depending on your Windows settings, you will be prompted by User Account Control to confirm.

Right-click the Windows logo in the taskbar to open the command-line tool as an administrator: click PowerShell (Admin).

That way you don’t need to empty the trash for all drives.

If you get the message “Recycle bin on (drive) is corrupted” when you attempt to restore a file from the Recycle Bin, it’s best to just delete the affected folder. The deleted files are temporarily stored in these folders until the Recycle Bin is emptied. To the user, the Recycle Bin icon looks like a single recycle bin, but Windows actually uses a separate hidden folder on each drive.