I went to the link below and was able to empty the recycle bin on only my F drive (didn't want to empty C drive's bin), once I told "command prompt" to run as administrator. Then I ran AVG again and ... those infected files didn't show up! Diane On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Derek Buchanan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Diane, > I don't know how comfortable you are with command line type things, but > there is a way to force the emptying of all recycle bins in the Windows > system. You can copy and paste the right command ( to keep from missing a > space) from the web page listed below based on your operating system. > > > http://lifehacker.com/5845698/force-recycle-bins-to-empty-for-every-user-on-a-system > > Derek > > PSOFT maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/index.php/downloads