Error Msg when VeraCrypt is open

I’ve been getting an error message when I open Directory Opus and have VeraCrypt containers mounted. I don’t think this is a VeraCrypt problem and it only happens when I start Directory Opus. I actually have the Recycle Bin disabled for my VeraCrypt drives.

It's a window with "Recycle Bin" as a title. It starts off with a yellow triangle around an exclamation point and the text is "The Recycle Bin on Q:\ is corrupted. Do you want to empty the Recycle Bin for this drive?"

Does anyone else use VeraCrypt, and if so have you come across this? Is it a bug in DOPUS?

Thanks in advance.

Opus is not really involved here, except that it makes Windows check the Recycle Bin state on the drive, which in turn generates the message because the recycle bin on the drive is corrupted.

(Other actions will also trigger the same thing, without Opus being involved.)

Fixing the corruption may be a case of running this from an Administrator Command Prompt:

rd /s /q Q:\$Recycle.bin

(Where Q:\ is the drive letter with the problem.)

Windows should then re-create the Recycle Bin on the drive appropriately.

But if that doesn't work, your best bet is to ask for help on a general Windows forum as people there may know other methods to repair it which I'm not aware of. That's the one which has worked for me in the past.

Thanks for the thoughtful response. That command line should be very helpful.

I'm a little reluctant to perform a repair on a VeraCrypt volume because I wonder if I could damage it. Maybe I'll try it first on the parent drive when the encrypted volume is not active. If that doesn't work I'll see if the VeraCrypt people have any information.

I guess my other question, if this is reasonable, would be whether it's really necessary for Opus to ask Windows to check the recycle bin. If Windows does it automatically that's one thing. If Opus does something to make the request, my question would be whether it's possible to suppress that request.

Deleting the Recycle Bin folder won't damage anything, on any drive, other than what's in the recycle bin (which presumably isn't important as it's in the recycle bin).

Well you were right. That worked! Thank you!

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