Not emptying the Recycle Bin

Had the same problem in Windows 10. This is because you have a corrupt waste bin. You will need to remove the waste bin and rebooting will restore a new waste bin.

Follow this link for instructions: http://www.thewindowsclub.com/recycle-bin-is-corrupted-windows

Hi adarrow2 and welcome to the forum.

You are posting in a very old thread by the way :)

We also have the corrupt bin fix pinned on forum here

http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=42673&st=0&p=257977