Why is there more than one "RECYCLER" folder on my machine, and why don't they all empty when I empty the Recycle Bin?

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Thanks, Leo - answered something that always puzzled me, and as usual, very clearly explained. Now - can you explain what happens with removable drives? They appear to have a RECYCLER folder that has content and one sub-folder per active user, but when you open the folder, it's empty!

I have a related?, different?, problem. I have a C:\Recycler\NProtect folder with 1.85 GB [42,114 Files] that I cannot delete. Any idea on how to get rid of???

LeRoy: NProtect = Norton Protected Recycle Bin. Empty it from within Norton.

Answering my own question - if you use a removable drive on several machines you get one folder per user per machine. You have to delete them manually, or plug the drive back into each PC and empty the Recycle folder on each one.

recycler folder is automatically created in all drives in my computer. that folder was not deleted. that folder is empty.Tell me how to delete that folder

When I deleted a folder from Program Files directory, it goes to my recycle bin, but I cannot empty the bin. It just remains there. I cannot restore it or move it either. Even worse, when I delete another file, it goes to the recycle bin but when I do a 'empty recycle bin' neither on disappears. I can only empty the second file by right clicking asnd deleting inside of the recycle bin. I am on Vista.

My anti-virus program disabled my recycler on two of my drives and I am wondering how to repair this. I am not able to access the drives by double clicking on them. I must right click and choose "explore" to view the contents. Pleae tell me how I can correct this problem and is it a serious issue to be concerned about.

Thanks,
Mars

iam using one folder in f: drive accidently my folder moved to recycler folder. how can i catch my folder

Something is still not quite clear. On my single-drive XP, "RECYCLER" and "Recycled" are present, TRUE. In my case, the "RECYCLER" has 3 folders with a Trash Bin Icon. If I right-click "Recycled", and look at the properties, it reads 85 bytes, 2 files, 0 folders. However, if I open "Recycled" or any of the 3 folders in "RECYCLER", the contents LOOK identical -- 308 objects, 76.4 MB. And now it gets really complicated...
If I right-click on the Desktop Icon, I have one setting for all Drives, and 970 MB reserved space. If I look look at the properties of each of the 3 folders in "RECYCLER", I get sizes of 885 (no typo) bytes, 323 MB, and 392 MB. The 323 + 392 is the same size as observed when right-clicking/properties of "RECYCLER".
I am the only user on the system. One of the folders in "RECYCLER" is for the Administrator, and one is for me. I don't know who the 3rd (smallest) one is for. I never use the Administrator account... I am the only one creating deletions on the OS.

So I guess my questions are... (1)Why are there 2 recycle bin folders with size approx 1/2 the total? (2)Why is the size of "RECYCLER" only 716 MB instead of 970 MB? (3)Why do I see the same files in ANY of the folders?

I have check my friend's computer, but they have no recycler folder. Only mine got, and it just appear recently. This was cause my computer become much slower than before. So, how to delete the folder? In my thought, this should be a trojan or something..
Thanks a lot

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