Where Is the Recycle Bin?

[MasterMind]

At the command prompt in Win98 DOS.

The problem is I deleted a hidden file that had a WinAmp icon and now Windows wont load. I had a problem with WinAmp the other day and had to reassociate extensions. Somehow that file must have been reassociated with the WinAmp icons even though it's a system file.

The file is still in the Recycle Bin but I cant load Windows to restore it. I cant find the Recycle Bin in DOS so I'm stuck.

 

[kassy]

At the DOS Prompt change to the drive that you wish to access the recycle bin on.

Being that it is a hidden directory it won't show up, nor will the files in the directory.

CD \RECYCLED

So apply the following command to make them visible from within the directory:

ATTRIB -R -S -H *.*


Now you'll be able to use regular directory and file manipulation commands from the Dos Prompt on recycled files.

 

[MasterMind]

I've been trying to remember what the file was (I deleted it without giving it much thought) and I think it was a Win2K file. It was something like NTNTFS and if I had any brains I wouldnt have deleted it. But if anyone is running a dual boot and would want to email it to me it might save me a huge headache.

Thanks for any help.

 

[MasterMind]

Thank you very much!!

That should do the trick.