Cleaning the Recycle Bin seems to be stuck

If you are using Secure Deletion, emptying the Recycle Bin can take a very, very long time under certain circumstances. This problem can be caused by some minor data corruption in your Recycle Bin.

You have 2 choices here:

1 - Sit back and let it complete. This can take ages, but it will complete.

2 - Cancel the clean, deselect Secure Deletion and run the clean again.

Note you can tell that CCleaner hasn't crashed, as you can still move the UI and cancel the clean.

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