Windows 10: Recycle Bin extreme memory usage resulting in OS freezing & crashing

I just had my computer freeze and crash twice while trying to clear out the recycle bin. It had probably 20-30k items totaling a few hundred GB or so, and when opening it, it did what explorer often does where the bar at the top showing the loading progress moved extremely slowly as it took at least a few minutes to fully load the contents. And every time I selected a few thousand items to delete I try to only do a few thousand at a time since Windows is a slow, buggy, poorly optimized POS and even with that amount it can take a few or even several minutes to "discover" the items and then mor

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recycle bin

Hi George,

To prevent your files from being deleted from the Recycle Bin, we suggest increasing the maximum file size your Recycle Bin can keep by following the steps below:

• Right click on the Recycle Bin icon.
• Under the Settings for selected location, select Custom size.
• Fill up the box for your allotted maximum file size for your Recycle Bin.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

Recycle Bin gone

Hi,

I apologize for the delayed response.

I suggest you to try the steps provided in the help article below to show the recycle bin in the desktop and check if it helps.

Show or hide the Recycle Bin

Let us know the result.

 

Lost Recycle Bin in Windows 10

Hello,

We highly suggest to follow the steps below:

• Click the Start button , type desktop icons into the search box, and then click Show or hide common icons on the desktop.
• In the Desktop Icon Settings dialog box, do one of the following: To hide the Recycle Bin, clear the Recycle Bin check box. ...
  
• Click OK.

Let us know how it goes.