Help! I lost my recycle bin icon!

[Jan Wiersma]

I lost my recycle bin icon. I can still delete (I think).
What went wrong and how can I find it?

Thanks for helping,
jsn

 

[Rickoshay]

Hi Jan,
Seems this happens to be a common problem, I did a quick Google search and
found the following at
http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/archive/16/2001/10/4/41:

1) Go to RUN and type regedit

2) Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Deskto
p\NameSpace

3) Right-click the NameSpace key and select New, Key. Type exactly:
{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

4) After you've made the new key, close the Registry Editor and then click
on your desktop once and then press F5 to refresh the desktop screen. And
look! There's that Recycle Bin Icon that got away!
HTH,

Regards,

RickO'Shay.
P.S. For many problems, a Google search will often turn up the solutions and
if not the newsgroups are a good second place to go.

 

[Maureen Goldman]

I lost my recycle bin icon. I can still delete (I think).
What went wrong and how can I find it?

Line 64, right "replace\repair the recycle bin in WIndows XP"
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

In any event, you should be able to find it at the bottom of the
folders list in Windows Explorer.

 

[Rich Barry]

Jan, check here
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm Scroll down to line 64