Windows 11 recycle bin shows that files are deleted, but space is not freed.

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My 1 TB C: drive was getting full of files in the recycle bin (~250 GB). The drive only had 28 GB left. After emptying everything from the recycle bin, I expected to see gobs of space freed, but free space stayed the same. I rebooted, thinking that would reclaim the recycled space. Instead, I now have only 24 GB left. In another couple reboots, I will be out of space completely.One thing I noticed after the reboot is that the Recycle icon on my desktop is grayed out.Suggestions would be much appreciated!Mark

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