How-To Geek

PROB:
Ive done sys restore and all looks fine,
then after a little while some shortcuts dont appear or work
and there are files missing...
when I first start up comp...I also get warning message of...

"The Recycle Bin on C:\ is Corrupted.
Do you want to empty the Recycle Bin for this drive? YES or NO"

THE BIN SEEMS TO BE EMPTY...
Ive enabled hidden files to show...
logged on as admin...
Ive run various malware\spyware\reg cleaner programs
(including malwarebytes, spybot, combofix, ccleaner)
EVERYTHING iVE TRIED STILL BRINGS UP THIS MESSAGE WHEN I REBOOT

Ive also done...

STOPPED SYSTEM RESTORE PROGRAM...
(BY -- COMP>PROP>SYS PROTECT>CONFIG>TURN OFF)

IN PROMP TRIED TO REFRESH RECYCLE BIN...
C:\>rd /s c:\$Recycle.Bin
c:\$Recycle.Bin, Are you sure (Y/N)? y (hit enter)

but got reply:

"c:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-~1 - Access is denied.
c:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-~2 - Access is denied."

really not sure what next step should be...

Delete the bin folder completely. It will remake itself.
You may need this,
http://www.filehippo.com/download_unlocker/

SFC = "System File Checker".

It's a very useful tool which is built into the Windows operating system and can be used to scan for corrupt system files and, in many cases, repair them.

Have a look at the following link. It provides a detailed explanation and step-by-step instructions.

"How to Repair Windows 7 System Files with System File Checker"

http://www.sevenforums.com/tut.....ecker.html

Hope this helps.

W7 iso's
http://www.askvg.com/direct-do.....nd-64-bit/

more info - ive used the program "reprofiler" to see the various profiles and there trustee/associations etc...Ive tried to dissasociate the user account with its profile folders and kept getting this error...
"the attempt to remove the profile was not entirely successful. this may be due to files being held open by user accounts which are presently logged on or to folders being accessed from other computers..."
still looking for advice...for what its worth - i found this:

"A common issue encountered with all recent Windows versions is the unexplained loss of access to a user's data and settings.

This can happen for a number of reasons:

A disk error
Joining the computer to a domain
Disjoining the computer from a domain
Transfer of data to a new computer
Filesystem-permissions issues.
A change of username.

In most such circumstances, the problem arises because Windows no longer recognises the profile as belonging to its user. What will happen in this case is that the next time the user logs-on, a fresh, empty profile will be created, named 'user.domain' or 'user.computer' instead of just 'user' -and from that point on, the new profile will be used instead of the correct one..."

it prob wouldnt work in this case (a full reinstall prob is in my future) but, I have an external hd - can i set up an image there (not just a backup)(Ive used image before and it was great not to mention fast and easy-was for mult computers at same time though)?