Go to Command Prompt:
C:\>rd /s c:\$Recycle.Bin
C:\$Recycle.Bin, Are you sure (Y/N)? --> Y (hit enter)
C:\>
then reboot, Windows automatically makes a new empty recycle bin:
for those with other OS's you need to know the name of you recycle bin it could be recycled or recycler check your properties tab for the recyle bin folder for the folder name then go to command prompt and just substitute the correct name
i.e.
C:\>rd /s c:\recycler
C:\recycler, Are you sure (Y/N)? y
or C:\>rd /s c:\recycled
C:\recycled, Are you sure (Y/N)? y
if you type in the wrong name you will get "The system cannot find the file specified."
then you need to go back and find out for sure what your folder name is.
NOTE OF WARNING: if you do this everthing in your recycle bin will be deleted permantly
