Lost recycle bin

[Guest]

I'm not exactly sure how I did this but somehow I have deleted my recycle
bin. Is that possible? I mean the icon is gone..I know longer have a recycle
bin on my desktop. How can I get that back?

Thank you in advance
James

 

[Jon]

I'm not exactly sure how I did this but somehow I have deleted my recycle
bin. Is that possible? I mean the icon is gone..I know longer have a
recycle
bin on my desktop. How can I get that back?

Thank you in advance
James

Right-click desktop > Personalize > Change desktop icons

Uncheck Recycle Bin > Apply
Recheck Recycle Bin > Ok

 

[Guy Thomas]

I wrote an article here explaining how to find lost recycle bins

http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/vista/vista_recycle_bin.htm

Guy

 

[Guest]

Someone in here wrote a nice registry fix which replaces the Delete (Recycle
Bin) function from the context menu with a Search (Recycle Bin) function.

For whatever reason, the context menu contains the Delete function and guess
what it does...

Need to make sure you're selecting: Empty Recycle Bin.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

How to restore the Recycle bin icon that has been accidentally deleted:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/141/1/

How to hide the "Delete" command from Recycle Bin context menu in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/142/1/


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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Someone in here wrote a nice registry fix which replaces the Delete (Recycle
Bin) function from the context menu with a Search (Recycle Bin) function.

For whatever reason, the context menu contains the Delete function and guess
what it does...

Need to make sure you're selecting: Empty Recycle Bin.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

How to restore the Recycle bin icon that has been accidentally deleted:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/141/1/

How to hide the "Delete" command from Recycle Bin context menu in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/142/1/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I'm not exactly sure how I did this but somehow I have deleted my recycle
bin. Is that possible? I mean the icon is gone..I know longer have a recycle
bin on my desktop. How can I get that back?

Thank you in advance
James

 

[Guest]

Thank you all for the help. I really appreciate it. I am feeling a bit
foolish after seeing how easy it is delete/restore the bin. Thanks again.
James