Windows 11 Recycle Bin often takes a while to empty.

[galen_burnett_7]

What happens is that when it has something like more than 20 files in it, or if any of the files are larger—say, in the order of giga-bytes—then the "emptying bin" dialogue-box will get to "99% completed" but then stay like for a minute or so. Then, hovering over File Explorer will make the message appear in its window-bar that says "File Explorer is not responding". However, it always seems to resolve itself eventually and I don't think I've had it yet fail to empty altogether. Is this normal behaviour please? Also, after emptying the message "Working on it..." will always be displayed inside

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