Hi guys!

I don't know why my recycle bin isn't working....it did and now I have noticed that it isn't showing full?

I have Windows 7 64bits and I know that has caused some issues...for some of the problems I used this solution....sorry, can't remember who wrote it:

Solution for making 64bit programs work stardock

I have been using the x64 version of Vista for about six months at work. ObjectDock seems to be able to start any 64-bit program if you bypass some folder redirection features of Windows that were put in for compatibility reasons. ObjectDock would not have this problem if it were simply recompiled as a 64-bit program. There are other ways to programmatically allow a 32-bit application to ignore the foler redirection but apparently the developers chose not to or are simply not aware of the problem.

When a 32-bit program tries to launch a program from the C:\Windows\System32 folder, windows will actually launch the program from the C:\Windows\SysWOW64 folder if there is one in there or fail to launch it if there is not one in it. You will see that many built-in applications such as Notepad and CMD.exe are in both locations with the 64-bit version being in the System32 folder and the 32-bit version being in the SysWOW64 folder. Other programs, such as telnet if installed, are only in one of the folders.

The C:\Program Files folder has the same problem. 32-bit programs are automatically redirected to the C:\Program Files (x86) folder instead.

If you try to make ObjectDock start the 64-bit version of the command prompt by launching it from C:\Windows\System32, Windows will automatically launch the 32-bit version from C:\Windows\SysWOW64. Likewise the 32-bit command prompt will not be able to launch telnet.exe from C:\Windows\System32 because windows will automatically redirect the request to the C:\Windows\SysWOW64 folder. A simple fix would be to copy telnet and any other programs you want to run to a different folder and launch them from there. This is not a very elegant solution.

What I do to get around these problems is to create a symbolic link to the C:\Windows and the C:\Program Files folders. I create a C:\Links folder. Under that I create a Windows and a Program Files symbolik links with the following commands

• mklink /J C:\Links\Windows      C:\Windows
• mklink /J      "C:\Links\Program Files" "C:\Program Files"

You should now be able to launch the 64-bit version of the command prompt through C:\Links\Windows\System32. Obviously any other 64-bit program stored in this folder such as telnet will also be launchable through this symbolic link.

Programs in the C:\Program Files folder will be launchable through the C:\Links\Program Files folder.

It would be ideal if you could tell Windows to ignore the folder redirection feature for a specific application but I don't know of a way to do this other than providing the support when the application is written.

This solution has worked great for many 64bit programs....not sure where the Recycle bin hangs out in Windows 7 the icon is configured as %n file(s) - %s just wondering if I need to add something to the reccle.dll docklet?

Can someone give me some help....please!

bookie56