Question about 'Get Rid of the Recycle Bin' Friday, January 25, 2008 at 1:13 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Legbiter (2 messages posted) Just want Recycle Bin off of your Desk Top (ie so still available in Explorer)? >Try this, it's simple, effective it just takes a"double click" an "OK" and a "Refresh", DONE! To Reverse it is just as easy. Hiding the Recycle Bin >Listing 1 hides the Recycle Bin. There are different ways to hide the icon, but this is the best method. It hides the Recycle Bin icon whether you're using the classic or new Start menu. >1. Use Notepad to create a text file called Hidebin.reg. >2. Copy Listing 1 to Hidebin.reg, and then double-click the file to import it into the registry. >3. Click "OK". >4. Click on the Desktop and press "F5" to refresh. >If you miss the Recycle Bin icon and want to show it again, create the text file Showbin.reg and copy Listing 2 in to it. Double-click Showbin.reg to restore the Recycle Bin icon to the desktop. >Both listings require you to refresh the desktop in order to see your changes. To do that, click anywhere on the desktop, and then press F5. > > >Listing.1 > > > REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu] "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000001 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel] "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000001 > > >Listing.2 > > > REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu] "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel] "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000000 I got it from: http://forums.wincustomize.com/index.aspx?aid=139392&c=1 > >Other "fixes" I have seen remove Recycle Bin from everything so only a Geek can access it. With this one if you can save a document and actually find it again afterwards you'll be fine. >Bah! formatting on this website is terrible, it adds > to the text, so for clarity > >Listing 1 >first line is REGEDIT4 >last line ends with =dword:00000001 > >Listing 2 >first line is REGEDIT4 >last line ends with =dword:00000000 > >DON'T include any > ANYWHERE in the file > > I found it at: >http://forums.wincustomize.com/index.aspx?aid=139392&c=1 Responses to this message: re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Recycle Bin' (Ricer46: Friday, January 25, 2008 at 6:13 pm) re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Recycle Bin' (Ms. Eagle: Friday, January 25, 2008 at 6:16 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Get Rid of the Recycle Bin' (Legbiter: Fri, Jan 25, 2008, 1:13 pm) re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Recycle Bin' (Ricer46: Fri, Jan 25, 2008, 6:13 pm) re: Question about 'Get Rid of the Recycle Bin' (Ms. Eagle: Fri, Jan 25, 2008, 6:16 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum