I keep getting the message on my system that the recycle bin is corruptand whether I want to empty. I know this issue existed in 2003 and XP:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/819766http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297760Is this a known problem in 2008 as well? Note that this is not on NTFSbut on a newly developed file system driver.Also, in my file system driver, I am seeing a DirectoryControl query fora file I delete AFTER the file delete request has already been sent tothe file system and processed successfully by the FS. As a result,deleting the file display the message: "This no longer exists in <location>",although the file does get deleted (doing a refresh in explorer no longer showsthe file). This problem only happens if deletion is attempted in explorer.It wors fine from the command line.Any pointers are appreciated. Thanks.

These KBs do not apply to WS08 as the tools no longer exist. If you are running another file system driver instead of NTFS,it is not a supported scenario for Windows Server 2008 or Ws03. Regards, Ward

I am a Network Admin for my company, myself and several users are experiencing this exact problem mentioned in KB819766 "The Recycle Bin on drive letter:\ is corrupt or invalid. Do you want to empty the Recycle Bin for this drive?". I already have SP2 installed. Per the article I installed SP2 on my customer's computer. This did not fix the problem. Additional troubleshooting I have tried is:Via DOS remove the System / Hidden attribute for the 'Recycler' folder then deleting it, reboot the system. This corrects it for that session only, upon the next reboot or logon the problem returns. Also in the case of multiple logical drives (C, D) after reboot the problem migrated from one drive to the other. Again I deleted the Recycler folder and rebooted, same problem. I also answered Yes to the above prompt, again this only fixed the problem for that Windows session only (it allowed me to view the Recycle Bin drive settings and see the contents of the bin), then after re-logging on the problem returned. I also need HELP.

I experience the exact same problem on a Windows Server 2008. I also lost my custom permission on the folder where my Hyper-V VHD reside (Fiber Channel SAN).Can you help me?Steeve Roy

We are seeing this same issue at our company Dallas computer consulting - We have tried everything without success. Any advice would be appreciated.

This is very easy to duplicate. We use xcacls.exe to reset the permissions on the harddrive. As soon as anything is changed on d:\Recycle\"SID", windows says that it is corrupt. The SID is the long security identifier that is attached to all usernames.Unfortunately, I haven't figured out a way to change it back to what it normally is. Even using XCACLS and subinacl to change the Accessmask, it adds extra stuff. Here is an output from subinacl.exe of what the file permissions should look like:=================================================================+File d:\recycler\S-1-5-21-1110172778-1772241827-2807590450-1016=================================================================/perm. ace count =6/grant=computername\user=f/pace =computername\user Type=0x0 Flags=0xb AccessMask=0x10000000/grant=system=f/pace =system Type=0x0 Flags=0xb AccessMask=0x10000000/grant=builtin\administrators=f/pace =builtin\administrators Type=0x0 Flags=0xb AccessMask=0x10000000And here is the closest I have been able to get it. =================================================================+File d:\recycler\S-1-5-21-1110172778-1772241827-2807590450-1016=================================================================/perm. ace count =9/pace =computer\user Type=0x0 Flags=0x9 AccessMask=0x1f01ff/pace =computer\user Type=0x0 Flags=0x2 AccessMask=0x1f01ff/pace =computer\user Type=0x0 Flags=0xb AccessMask=0x10000000/pace =system Type=0x0 Flags=0x9 AccessMask=0x1f01ff/pace =system Type=0x0 Flags=0x2 AccessMask=0x1f01ff/pace =system Type=0x0 Flags=0xb AccessMask=0x10000000/pace =builtin\administrators Type=0x0 Flags=0x9 AccessMask=0x1f01ff/pace =builtin\administrators Type=0x0 Flags=0x2 AccessMask=0x1f01ff/pace =builtin\administrators Type=0x0 Flags=0xb AccessMask=0x10000000You only get the message once, then you need to reboot to receive it again. It is annoying and MS doesn't seem to have a fix or even tools that would let us fix this "special" folder. I guess the best practice would be to not have the file permissions on that directory change in the first place. If only xcacls.exe would have an exceptions option.

I am actually having a similar issue on a server that I am testing and learning on. When applying a group policy in server 2008 to redirect the Documents folder, I also chose to have the setting apply to Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 machines. Now, any time that I log on to one of my 2008 machines or Vista machines, I receive four error prompts stating that the recycle bin on the shared folder is corrupt. i.e.The recycle bin on \\SystemName\Shared\Username\My Documents is corrupt. Would you like to empty the recycle bin on this drive?The recycle bin on \\SystemName\Shared\Username\My Music is corrupt.The recycle bin on \\SystemName\Shared\Username\My Pictures is corrupt.The recycle bin on \\SystemName\Shared\Username\My Videos is corrupt.I have already tried removing the policy, even making sure that the setting was checked so that if the policy was removed the folders would be redirected back to their default locations. Even with the policy removed, I am still receiving these four messages every time I log on to one of the systems.I just wonder if anyone else has experienced this exact same issue or not? I wonder if it might not be related to the setting regarding Windows XP, 2000, and Server 2003. I only implemented the option because I thought we might eventually be adding a system running one of these operating systems. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I am having the same issue onServer 08 64bit. I log in as local administrator and all is fine. I log in as a domain user with admin rights and I receive the message "The Recycle Bin on drive letter:\ is corrupt or invalid. Do you want to empty the Recycle Bin for this drive?" for both D: and E: but C: is fine. I have tried selecting both yes and no but the problem returns every time I log into the server including after a reboot.

I'm getting the same issue on 2 newly added SAN attached disks. I get the message poping up multiple times regardless of what I select....

Same thing here. Active passive cluster Windows 2008 with EMC drives.

Likewise. I have a 3-Node Windows 2008 Enterprise x64cluster with 4 instances of SQL Server 2008 Enterprise, and numerous LUNs with mount points. We are using NetApp for our SAN. The local disk is neverone of the affected drives. There is never a corresponding error in the event logs. When I unhide System files and open the $Recycle.Bin folder, I see numerous recycle bins, each with a different modified date. Sometimes (but not always) there is an emptyfolder (namedas a GUID) in the $Recycle.Bin folder.

I had the same problem and it was caused by missing permissions on the drive itself. This means you don't have permission to either create or access your own recycle bin.Look at another drive and add what's missing for the group SERVERNAME\Users and everyone. You may get the message once more after that but once you choose yes it should go away for good. Still not sure how it happened in the first place though but assuming the SQL cluster install must of removed some of the permissions.

Thank you! That solved it for me!!