Resolving the Recycle Bin Error Message after Home Drive Migration

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After you have gone through the migration of the recycle bin, you will experience an error message from the recycle bin for Windows machines. This is because we have severed the link for folder redirections for Documents, Pictures, & Videos. This error message can show up quite often, sometimes every minute.

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After moving your files from your home drive to your OneDrive, Windows users may see an error message about their recycle bin. This error message may pop up as often as every minute. This article will help you resolve the issue.

Note: you also need to be on the VPN for this to work.

 

1. Below is a screenshot of the error message you may receive.  

Shows the error message for Windows Recycle Bin

 

2. Navigate to the search bar in the menu on the lower part of your screen on your computer and type, CMD and click to open. Note: This will only work if you are connected to the VPN.Shows window search and searching for CMD, Command Prompt

 

3. Type into the window, gpupdate /force and click enter. The process may take a little bit to complete.

4. If it asks you to restart like the message below, please save any documents and then type Y in the window. This will then log you off your machine and restart the machine. Once your computer has rebooted, the error message should not show up again. 

Shows the command gpupdate /force completeing with a message