I've been having a problem with the recycle bin not refreshing. If I delete something, the Recycle Bin icon often does not change until I log out and back in or I reboot. If I empty the recycle bin, the icon usually changes quickly, but sometimes it too will not refresh until I log out and back in or I reboot. This happens on both my Windows 10 and Windows 11 installs. I updated my Windows 11 install to the latest beta, but that had no effect. My Windows 10 install is not running any betas.

The Recycle Bin has been slightly slow to refresh (maybe 5-10 seconds) for a while, but this new issue just recently appeared. I'm not sure, but it may have started after the last Patch Tuesday.

I tested an XWidget recycle bin with custom icons, and that still works normally.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Nothing has been changed in the Recycle Bin code for years. I just tested it on a Windows 10 VM and I did not see any problems. Deleted a file, restored it, emptied the Recycle Bin, etc, multiple times and every time the icon changed immediately to reflect the proper status.

Next time it happens, instead of logging out, open the Windows Task Manager, go to the Details tab and check to see if Winstep.exe is running.

Also, make sure you did not accidentally or otherwise delete Winstep.exe from

C:\Program Files (x86)\Winstep\

Winstep.exe is still in C:\Program Files (x86)\Winstep\ on both systems.

I've attached an image of what the Details Tab of Task Manager shows under W.

Before reading your reply I was reading a post in the "Windows 11 Forum" and came across this regarding the June 2026 Windows Security Update. I'm not sure if this is connected, but it sounds like it may affect some things that Winstep does.

Custom folder icons or localized folder names might not appear after installing the June 2026 Windows security update.

[Folder customization] This update introduces a security hardening change to how Windows processes desktop.ini files. As a result, some users might notice missing custom folder icons or localized folder names for content from downloaded or remote locations. Note that access to folders is not affected.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/top ... 7cfcdce07a

This was the original post in the Windows 11 Forum. It is titled Recycle Bin Problem which is what made me look at it.

https://www.elevenforum.com/t/recycle-b ... lem.47421/

No problems here under Win 10, Recycle bin works fine, although I normally don't use it as using (Linux port) secure delete in my file manager.

Did you enroll to the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) ?

Could be the latest Windows update, problem is, I can't test it here because I do not want to empty my Recycle Bin and I do not have a Windows 11 VM.

I also seem to be having an issue with the latest Windows Update not allowing my PC to enter Sleep mode (or perhaps caused by a forced Intel Rapid Storage Technology / RST / VMD storage driver update that immediately followed Patch Tuesday).