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Windows 7

I run TreeSize on my c:\ drive and it reports that my Recycle bin has 2GB of files in it (in a subfolder).

My desktop recycle bin icon shows that my bin is empty. I even try creating a test file, deleting it, which then shows in the recycle bin and then I rt click and empty the bin. Treesize still reports the subfolder and 2GB worth of files.

The sub folder is:

c:\$recycle.bin\S-1-5-21-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx-xxxx

I've tried opening a command line as admin and doing a dir *.* /ah on those files, which works. But when I try to delete any of those files, it says access denied. I've tried takeown /F *.* on those files and deleting and it still says access denied.

Any ideas on how to get rid of those files taking up so much space?

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Reset to default
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Unlocker worked to remove the files that I was not able to delete

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