Recycle Bin Issue

carrie640 · 10-07-2002, 11:52 AM

When I double click on the recycle bin to open the thing, it tells me it cannot find program.exe (seems to be the thing lately, ey?) and then gives you the option to look for it yourself.

BUT! If I right click on it and then open it, it is fine.

How do I fix this?

**merlin** · 10-07-2002, 12:57 PM

it might be that you have sircam virus because that is a symptom of it...it associates the executable of the given program with PROGRAM.EXE and then when you try to run it , it doesnt...
go here for instructions on how to remove it...

carrie640 · 10-07-2002, 01:01 PM

Hm....well..the other weird thing is that it used to associate itself with Norton...Norton Protected Recycle Bin. I have since uninstalled those utilities.. Could it be part of this?

10-07-2002, 11:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
carrie640 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lansing, MI Posts: 304 OS: XP on Desktop/Vista (64 bit) on notebook!	Recycle Bin Issue When I double click on the recycle bin to open the thing, it tells me it cannot find program.exe (seems to be the thing lately, ey?) and then gives you the option to look for it yourself. BUT! If I right click on it and then open it, it is fine. How do I fix this?

10-07-2002, 12:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
merlin I helped the forums. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,612 OS: 3.11	it might be that you have sircam virus because that is a symptom of it...it associates the executable of the given program with PROGRAM.EXE and then when you try to run it , it doesnt... go here for instructions on how to remove it...

10-07-2002, 01:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
carrie640 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Lansing, MI Posts: 304 OS: XP on Desktop/Vista (64 bit) on notebook!	Hm....well..the other weird thing is that it used to associate itself with Norton...Norton Protected Recycle Bin. I have since uninstalled those utilities.. Could it be part of this?