Thanks for that Joel.
I only have about 10 files that I wasn't able to deal with, from hundreds initially. These are zero-filesize remnants located in the recycle bin, but not visible even when the options are set to show invisible files. They only appear in the Eraser log. So, how do I go...
Each slightly different address, of that form, referred to a distinct folder or archive which had been sent to the Recycle Bin, but which did not appear in the recycle bin. I was able to follow that procedure to remove each folder or archive. But I was not able to use the procedure to remove (or...
Some more success. I was able to right-click on the folder icons at C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-0123456789-1234567890-2345678901-9876\$W2RYH56\ This did not allow me to succesfully use Erase on those items, but i was able to right-click then select Delete. They still did not appear in my Recycle...
I may be on the right track to finding the solution: I used an Explorer window to navigate to the address of an un-erased, invisible file. The addresses are shown in the error log from Eraser, as C:\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-0123456789-1234567890-2345678901-9876\$W2RYH56\ (I've put fake numerals ETC...
Although my Recycle bin appears empty, Eraser error list shows many files un-erased. An example message is
"(??) ? ?? ??? ?? ?? --?????.jpg (The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.)"
I think these files had Japanese characters for all or part of their filenames. How...
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