If you're on Windows XP you could create a new profile with Admin privileges to see if the same thing is broken in the new profile that hasn't ever been cleaned. If it isn't broken in the new Admin profile it would have something to do with your current user profile and could possibly be narrowed down to something wrong in the registry.
About the only way you're going to discover exactly what's happening is to do some detective work...
I created a new admin user: norton bin is broken here too...
For what's it worth: I attached a log file created by total uninstaller when installing ccleaner. At first sight nothing is refering to norton or symantec... Imo ccleaner doesn't break the norton bin when installing but corrupts it somehow later on. So the problem seems to be deeper in the progam...
BTW is that Total Uninstall good for everyday install and uninstall of programs, been meaning to try it out and never got round to it?
Yes, and I use it to track any and all installations with the only exceptions being CCleaner and Firefox which I always over-install/upgrade, however all other programs I tend to not trust what they're installing.
Although Total Uninstall pretty much gets rid of most, or all of some applications it can't determine what files were created after the watched installation therefore it's vital to update any programs that have an integrated updater, and at least run the program once so that program saves it's registry settings after all that Total Uninstall should have a rather thorough watched installation.
Total Uninstall however does at times fail to remove some registry keys that have subkeys, although those are typically application settings added after the watched installation which are rather easy to remove with regedit.
For what's it worth: I attached a log file created by total uninstaller when installing ccleaner. At first sight nothing is refering to norton or symantec... Imo ccleaner doesn't break the norton bin when installing but corrupts it somehow later on. So the problem seems to be deeper in the progam...
Any ideas?
The only thing that log shows are added items, I didn't notice any listed as removed. And since Norton Protected Recycle Bin is broken on the new Admin profile before even running CCleaner it may have something to do in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, or another global registry area, or a file needed by Norton Protected Recycle Bin is either broken/corrupt or un-registered.
As you have problems with the protected recycle bin, the best way I have found is to remove it, the run ccleaner. Then reinstall if you feel you need it. Link to assist with the removal