I have this crazy issue with CCleaner recently. It has just been within the past 3 weeks or so and it is getting worse, instead of better. The problem is when I run CCleaner - as it would normally clean out the Recycle Bin, instead, it fills the Recycle Bin with an item (?) that I cannot see when I open the Recycle Bin. (ie: The Recycle Bin Icon fills with an item.. and when I open the Recycle Bin, there is nothing there.).
When you try to empty the Recycle Bin manually (from the Recycle Bin icon), it asks you if you really want to delete the item. The frightening thing is that the item that it asks if you want to delete and you cannot see in the Recycle Bin when you open it, is usually a PROGRAM like... Windows, or one of the important system programs like ''desktop" that it says is in the Recycle Bin. That is really scary. I don't want to delete Windows or my desktop!
I looked up the problem on the net and found some interesting information on similar problems.. I tried all the Windows fixes for this problem.. (ie: put another item in the bin manually and manually delete it from within the Recycle Bin), but it keeps happening again and again after I run CCleaner "clean" option (not registry option)... and I am getting frustrated with it re-occurring.
The reason I think it has something to do with CCleaner, is it only happens when I run CCleaner. CCleaner has never filled my Recycle Bin before, always emptied it. I am assuming it is reading something incorrectly and identifying programs as something to be discarded into Recycle Bin. I am not technical enough to be delving into this problem myself, so I am here asking for help.
It has never happened before, so it is something new for me. I have been using CCleaner for some years now and have never had any problems with it before. I like the product alot.