Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Deleting and Adding recycle bin icon...

This post is exclusively for windows XP users. I found this info through my googling.

Removing the recycle bin icon...

  • First of all, make a backup of your system registry, just in case you might screw up.
  • Click Start-->Run-->Type "REGEDIT"
  • Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
    CurrentVersion\Explorer\Destkop\NameSpace\
  • Delete this key: {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
  • Restart your system and voila the icon is gone.


To get back your recycle bin:

  • Right click on your desktop.
  • Point to "New". Then select "Folder" to create a new folder.
  • Name the new folder 
      "Recycle Bin.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}".

And one more thing don't blame me if you mess up. Just want to help get rid of the dirty icon on your beautiful desktop.


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