hide recycle bin

[Guest]

I would like to remove the recycle bin from my desktop. Does anyone know how
and could they describe so in a reply.

Thank you!!

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

You can't hide it, per se. You can get rid of it. Click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{647053C3-1879-34D7-AE57-67015C91FC70}

Right click the {647053C3-1879-34D7-AE57-67015C91FC70} subkey and select Rename. Rename it to OLD_{647053C3-1879-34D7-AE57-67015C91FC70}.

Log off, log back on and the Recycle Bin is gone. Undo the renaming to put it back.

 

[niknik1971]

Download and install tweak UI (
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx )
and there is a setting in it under desktop for what is shown on the desktop.
Uncheck the Recycle Bin to hide it from the desktop.

NIK

You can't hide it, per se. You can get rid of it. Click Start, Run and
enter REGEDIT Navigate to:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{647053C3-1879-34D7-AE57-67015C91FC70}

Right click the {647053C3-1879-34D7-AE57-67015C91FC70} subkey and select
Rename. Rename it to OLD_{647053C3-1879-34D7-AE57-67015C91FC70}.

Log off, log back on and the Recycle Bin is gone. Undo the renaming to put
it back.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Damn, didn't realize they'd added that :-( Would have sworn I looked and didn't see it there. Thanks!