Windows 10: Recycle Bin Hangs When Restoring Files

Discus and support Recycle Bin Hangs When Restoring Files in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; For ages now I've had a problem, and I finally thought I'd try and find a fix - When I try to restore a deleted file from my Recycle Bin I get the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by b3nb123, Jun 21, 2021.

  1. b3nb123 Win User

    Recycle Bin Hangs When Restoring Files


    For ages now I've had a problem, and I finally thought I'd try and find a fix - When I try to restore a deleted file from my Recycle Bin I get the Windows Explorer 'Move/Copy' dialogue, saying 'Moving 1 item to...' but it sits at 1% and never restores the file... I click the close box [X] in the top corner and I get 'Cancelling - 0% complete' but that doesn't get anywhere either. Click close, then click close on the recycle bin, and Windows Explorer restarts (I can see the whole desktop reload itself. Then I go back into recycle bin, click restore on the same item, and this time it works. I have to go through this open, hang, close, watch Explorer reload, try again, routine EVERY single time i want to resore anything from the Recycle bin!! Any ideas what I can try to fix it?! Thanks! I'm all up to date on Windows 10 Pro, apparently, according to Winver I'm Version 2004 (OS Build 19041.1052)

    :)
     
    b3nb123, Jun 21, 2021
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  2. Jan Del Win User

    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.
     
    Jan Del, Jun 21, 2021
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  3. tmhanser Win User
    Restoring Many Files from Recycle Bin

    I'm stuck here - need some help.

    I have an external USB drive that I keep my music files on, and I decided I wanted to clean up the hundreds of systems files left behind from Mac OS X. They're everywhere on this USB drive and I wanted to remove them, since I work with hidden system files turned ON in Windows 10.

    I searched for all of these hidden files, and sent them to the Recycle Bin. There are SO MANY files that it literally chokes the best Dell Precision towers I work with when you open the Recycle Bin. I wanted to check one last time before I empty the Recycle Bin and make sure there isn't something I want to actually keep.

    But for some reason I can't seem to see these files in the Recycle Bin - it says "working on it" but nothing ever changes, even after hours of waiting. There is a green progress bar across the top, but it never ends and the files never appear listed in the window below.

    At this point I'm stuck and I can't empty the Recycle Bin and I can't restore these files. I suspect there are SO MANY files that the system can't list them or restore them.

    Any suggestions?

    Thanks.
     
    tmhanser, Jun 21, 2021
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  4. John Sarc Win User

    Recycle Bin Hangs When Restoring Files

    John Sarc, Jun 21, 2021
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