Recycle Bin locks up Computer - Win2KPro

[nifita]

I recently deleted some large log files from some computers here. Most of them went to the recycle bin and I was able to empty it as usual. On several computers, however, when I try to open or empty the recycle bin, it now just locks up. Some computers would finish after about 15 minutes, but some would not come back without a hard reboot.
These are Win2000. Any ideas how to get rid of the file and get the recycle bin working again? I looked at the MS Knowledge Base and on this forum and found a little information related to deleting the INFO folder and Recycled, etc. through DOS. However, much of it seemed to be catered to NT4 and Win98 and I want to be sure what will work for Win2000.
Also, when running a virus scan on one of the computers, it hung when it reached INFO2 in Recycler somewhere on her computer...I'm assuming it's that same log file I tried to get rid of.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[zelko961]

Have You tried deleting without sending file in R-bin,right-click file pres shift and delete.If not ok,restart in safe mode, try same as above.In future configure r-bin as you need maybe You need more space for r-bin than default 10%.Hope this help You.

 

[AZiegler]

Tried updating the service pack at all ?

 

[nifita]

Thank you for your suggestions. The latest service pack is on at least a few of the machines to which this happened. I did not try deleting without sending to the recycle bin, but as the file is already in the recyle bin, I cannot do this now. The file is really not too large for the recycle bin, which is why I don't understand that it causes the computer to freeze like that.