Windows 10: Recycle bin of my portable hdd not working

Windows does not recycle files on my portable hdd from recently. I tried disk scanning and deleting $Recycle bin folder. But it works in other PC’s. What should I do

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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.

 

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.

 

Can't Empty Recycle Bin for Second HDD

I ran out of space on my second HDD so I was looking at where all the space was being used and I discovered that 40GB + was used by the Recycle Bin. I tried to empty the recycle bin but it will not empty I also tried selecting the files and deleting but
they still won't delete:

A forum post suggested deleting the "$RECYCLE.BIN" from the HDD but I just get "Access is Denied" and "You require permission from BRAD-PC\Brad" to make changes to this file. BRAD-PC is this Computer and My username is Brad (or it was under Win 7, I wonder
if the Win 10 upgrade has messed up user accounts)

Another forum post suggested running the remove directory command "rd /s /q E:\$RECYCLE.BIN" from an elevated command prompt, this returns "The directory is not empty" but if I cd into it it appears empty (dir returns "File Not Found")

I tried turning off the Recycle Bin for this drive (from the Recycle Bin Properties Dialog) but that doesn't help.

Last another forum post suggested using a program WinDirStat and selecting Empty Recycle Bin from the Clean menu, but I just recieve "Catastrophic failure"

Are there any other ways to empty the Recycle Bin or will I have to Copy all my good files (almost 1TB) to another drive, format this drive, and then copy them back?

-Thanks