recycle bin on E:\ is corrupted

The icon for the Recycle bin only shows up on your C partition/drive desktop.

If you right click on it, it will show any other partitions or drives you have.

Did you highlite the drive or partition and choose to empty it ?

You should set it like this, so when you delete something, it gets deleted and does not go into the recycle bin. ( You don`t have to do this, it`s just what I do )

Then remove the Recycle bin icon from the desktop, there`s no reason to keep it there.

Hello @Maximusheadroom,

Maximusheadroom said:

I get this message pop on startup sometimes with the option to empty it, if I click yes it just hangs and I need to restart, I've looked on my E drive and cant find a recycle bin

Have you looked at this? => Empty Recycle Bin in Windows 10

I hope this helps.

Hello @Maximusheadroom,

I just found this which I posted for someone else . . .

External HDD's have their own Recycle Bin folder where the deleted files from it are stored. In order to delete those deleted files, you need to access the first Recycle Bin folder [ other Recycle Bin folders will be inside ] of the external HDD.

[1] Open File Explorer.
[2] In the top menu, click View.
[3] In the right-hand pane, click Options, change folder and search options.
[4] In the Folder options window, click the View tab.
[5] Under the Advanced settings, tick or select Show hidden files, folders, and drives.
[6] Uncheck Hide protected operating system files.
[7] Click Apply, click OK.

Once saved, click on your HDD. Its Recycle Bin should now be visible. You should now be able to open the Recycle Bin folder and delete the files inside it.

I hope this helps.

Hello @Maximusheadroom,

Maximusheadroom said:

ok I have found the recycle bin on the E drive using disc clean up it shows as empty, why would it keep popping up as corrupted and how can I fix it?

Have you tried Option 6 here? => Empty Recycle Bin in Windows 10

I hope this helps.

Good posts Paul and Bree, never had a corrupted recycle bin, but glad to know it can be fixed.

AddRAM said:

Good posts Paul and Bree, never had a corrupted recycle bin, but glad to know it can be fixed.

Thank you.