Windows 10: Recycling bin possibly corrupted, running command "rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin" is taking forever

I am having trouble opening my recycle bin in Windows 10. Whenever I do the green loading bar appears and it takes forever and never finishes loading. I suspect it may be corrupted from other posts on this forum. Additionally, my C: drive seems to be continually running out of memory now even if I delete files and then do not download anything else. Strangely the drive that seems to be corrupted is on the D: drive though so not sure why this would effect C.I have taken the following 3 steps:1. Run rd /s /q D:\$Recycle.bin as system administratorWhen I run this command it takes forever and open

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recycle bin

Hi OliveiroAlex, your Recycle Bin may be corrupt

To fix a corrupt Recycle Bin:

Open a Command Prompt window as administrator:

(Click your Start Button, type cmd, right click Command Prompt in the resulting list and choose 'Run as Administrator')

Paste the following command and hit Enter:

rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin

Close the Command Prompt window and restart your system

Then create a new text document on your desktop and delete it to create a new recycle bin . . .

 

Recycle Bin is Empty

Hi SB.Tiger

If none of the above are applicable to your system, then it is a complete mystery how your Recycle Bin became empty by itself . . .

Unless your Recycle Bin is corrupt, to check if that is the case, the following steps will fix a corrupt Recycle Bin, please Note, any data in the bin will be deleted:

Open a Command Prompt window as administrator:

(Click your Start Button, type cmd, right click Command Prompt in the resulting list and choose 'Run as Administrator')

Paste the following command and hit Enter:

rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin

Close the Command Prompt window and restart your system

When your system starts up:

Create a new text file on your desktop and delete it to recreate a new recycle bin on your C Drive

 

Recycle Bin

Hi tp_1

Thank you for the screenshot, that is very unusual, you are in the Recycle Bin, but in the left pane, it is Quick Access that is selected, in the left pane, scroll to the bottom and select Recycle Bin, do you then have those buttons in that folder?

If not, your Recycle Bin may be corrupt.

Open a Command Prompt window as administrator:

(Click your Start Button, type cmd, right click Command Prompt in the resulting list and choose 'Run as Administrator')

Paste the following command and hit Enter:

rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin

Close the Command Prompt window and restart your system

When your system starts up:

Create a new text file on your desktop and delete it to recreate a new recycle bin on your C Drive