Deleted items wont show in Recycle Bin

[idkanymore]

I'm using Windows 7 and whenever I delete something, the recycle bin shows it has something in it but when I go to look, it doesnt show any files but when I go to empty the recycle bin, it indicates if I want to delete X items. So I know they are there.

I googled and I found out that the windows xp drive I have as my D: drive is the reason why. It has a "Recycler" folder that I have to delete but when I go to delete it, windows wont let me and says "you require permission from S-1-(bunch of numbers) to make changes to this folder". What can I do to delete this Recycler folder so my windows 7 recycle bin will work properly?

 

[idkanymore]

So no one knows anything about how to delete this folder that is messing up my windows 7 recycle bin?

 

[phoenix79]

You need to take ownership of the folder and then try to delete it

 

[idkanymore]

That's the first thing I tried but it didn't work.

 

[Piotrsama]

Reboot, load XP, then empty the recycle bin from there?
And for future deletes on 7 to that drive, just do the SHIFT-DEL to delete directly.

 

[idkanymore]

I can't log into xp to empty the recycle bin so I would have to do it via windows 7 as a secondary drive or to just somehow delete it some other way. Is there no other way than booting windows xp on the machine?