Can't do a System Restore because that only keeps one Restore point from
the
previous day (but that's another problem I'll post about)

Actually, both issues may be related (i.e., insufficient disk space). Let's
work on only Recycle Bin for now.

When you delete /any/ file, does it go to the Recycle Bin or not?

Right-click on Recycle Bin icon on your desktop | Properties | Global (tab):

= Is "Do not move files to the Recycle Bin..." checked or not?

= Is "Use one settings for all drives" checked or not?

= What value is selected in "Maximum size" section?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Patrick wrote:
My files still compact, but normally you would see the .bak files being
copied and filling the Recycle Bin during the process. I'm not seeing that
anymore and after it's done compacting, there are no .bak files in the
Recycle Bin

I recently deleted hundreds of e-mails, but I don't think that should
matter

I may have changed something in the Registry with Regedit, but I couldn't
find anything

Can't do a System Restore because that only keeps one Restore point from
the
previous day (but that's another problem I'll post about)

I'm running XP Pro SP 2

Thanks!