You may notice multiple Recycle Bin icons in folders as well as in the root folder of your drives. These multiple Recycle Bin icons may not appear until you delete a file.

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This behavior can occur if you are using the net use or subst command to map drives.

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This behavior is by design.

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When you have a folder mapped as a drive with the net use or subst command (possibly in the Autoexec.bat file), a Recycle Bin icon appears in the mapped folder.

If you right-click a Recycle Bin icon and then click Properties, you see a tab for each Recycle Bin.

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