Hello all. This is my first post, and I'm feeling RATHER desperate. I first encountered this problem a while ago, but thought nothing of it. Here goes:

It says that there's something in my recycling bin (as indicated by the icon showing paper in said bin.)
I right click on it, and hit "Empty RECYCLE Bin".
It says there's 14 files in there.
Then, it says "Cannot delete Dc242: Access Is Denied. Make sure the disk is not write protected and that the file is not currently in use."
I do not understand this, as I don't even KNOW what "Dc242" is, it was that LONG ago. Also, you're not able to PUT THINGS into the recycle bin when its "write protected or in use", which is also interesting.
As for the other supposed 13 files, nothing happens to them, either, as it just stops after the error message.
If I go into the recycle bin, there's nothing there, even though I have "show hidden files and folders" turned on, and such.

Any help anyone could give would be greatly appreciated.Reboot and press F8 to boot into safe mode. Log in and delete the files. What seems to be happening is that Windows is seeing that file as a running process, so you can't delete it. Chances are it's not going to run in safe mode and it will delete. Also while in safe mode run an anti virus scan just to make sure. I'm not 100% sure but I think that file is associated with a known virus.