Problem restoring files from Recycle Bin

[Mike G]

I am running Windows ME.Prior to deleting files and
folders and sending them to the recycle bin, I created a
system restore point. I now need to restore these files
but the recycle bin does not show any items in it. Right
clicking on the recycle bin and then right clicking
on "empty recycle bin" shows that it contains a total of
41 files. Using System Restore to restore my computer back
to the earlier restore point still leaves me with the same
problem. The option to delete files without sending them
to the recycle bin is not ticked. Any help will be greatly
appreciated.

[Noel Paton]

It sounds as if your Recycle bin has become corrupted (have you had malware
problems?)
If that AND System Restore are borked, then you may have severe problems -
are you saying that System Restore came up with an error message, or that it
failed to resolve the problem?
How did you delete the files in the first instance?


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"Mike G" > wrote in message
...
>I am running Windows ME.Prior to deleting files and
> folders and sending them to the recycle bin, I created a
> system restore point. I now need to restore these files
> but the recycle bin does not show any items in it. Right
> clicking on the recycle bin and then right clicking
> on "empty recycle bin" shows that it contains a total of
> 41 files. Using System Restore to restore my computer back
> to the earlier restore point still leaves me with the same
> problem. The option to delete files without sending them
> to the recycle bin is not ticked. Any help will be greatly
> appreciated.