Win98 problem

[STB]

I have win98 first edition but always updated from Microsoft. Lately when I empty the recycle bin I need to ctrl-alt-delete to end task the recycle bin. It always locks up and says it is not responding. It started this the other day and I can't recall anything new I have installed. Besides that I have no problems and I really don't want to go through a complete install of win98 just for this annoying problem while everything else works fine. I have had it running on this pc for around 4 months. It's a PIII 1gig, 256mb ram, IE6, Dx8 and tell me if you need more info on the pc. Thanks

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Got a sure-fire cure for ya:
Empty your Recycle Bin by right clicking and emptying it from there

 

[ProviaFan]

If the rightclick-empty trick doesn't work, try firing up sfc (start > run...), assuming you have your original windows CD, and see if it finds any corrupted system files. This trick worked for me when explorer.exe kept crashing all the time.

 

[STB]

Thanks Josh, that seems to have fixed it. I haven't had any problems since I ran sfc, I'll keep that in mind the next time I have problems.