Recycle bin icon appears as a file

[Guest]

I recently had to uninstall SP2 and when I did my recycle bin icon no longer
appeared as a trash can but as a file icon. I can still use it and open the
recycle bin. but it is kind of annoying having to look at the ugly file icon
on my desktop instead of the recycle bin icon. I was able to restore the
correct icon by clicking on display properties/desktop/customise desktop but
when I reboot my computer it goes back to displaying the file icon again.

Computer is windows XP home with SP1 currently installed.

I have checked the internet and the Microsoft knowledge base and couldn't
find and relavant information

Regards

Alan

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Alan,

See if this fix helps:
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/reg/XP_Show_Recycle_Bin.reg
( from http://windowsxp.mvps.org )

If that does not help, let's know if you have Norton Utilities installed.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


I recently had to uninstall SP2 and when I did my recycle bin icon no longer
appeared as a trash can but as a file icon. I can still use it and open the
recycle bin. but it is kind of annoying having to look at the ugly file icon
on my desktop instead of the recycle bin icon. I was able to restore the
correct icon by clicking on display properties/desktop/customise desktop but
when I reboot my computer it goes back to displaying the file icon again.

Computer is windows XP home with SP1 currently installed.

I have checked the internet and the Microsoft knowledge base and couldn't
find and relavant information

Regards

Alan