lost recycle bin icon

[Bitter Clinger]

This will sound strange, but you don't know my father-in-law. He says his
recycle bin icon disappeared and he can't find his recycle bin any more. We
had him delete a file and then search for it and his recycle bin does exist,
the icon has just disappeared. He says he didn't delete the icon, but I'm
not sure that's all together true.

What I need to know is how do you recover that icon, or associate a new icon
with it? What is the path for the recycle bin? He's running XP Pro w/SP2.
You can locate a deleted file in the recycle bin, but there's no icon
associated with it. I haven't had him run the system restore yet, but that
may be next. Unless he's tinkering with it as I write this. In that case
who knows where we'll be with this tomorrow.

Any help would be appreciated so I can get this fixed for him before he
feels the need to "tinker" some more.

Thanks

 

[Bruce Hagen]

This will sound strange, but you don't know my father-in-law. He says his
recycle bin icon disappeared and he can't find his recycle bin any more.
We had him delete a file and then search for it and his recycle bin does
exist, the icon has just disappeared. He says he didn't delete the icon,
but I'm not sure that's all together true.

What I need to know is how do you recover that icon, or associate a new
icon with it? What is the path for the recycle bin? He's running XP Pro
w/SP2. You can locate a deleted file in the recycle bin, but there's no
icon associated with it. I haven't had him run the system restore yet,
but that may be next. Unless he's tinkering with it as I write this. In
that case who knows where we'll be with this tomorrow.

Any help would be appreciated so I can get this fixed for him before he
feels the need to "tinker" some more.

Thanks

Replace/Repair Recycle Bin.

See Kelly's Korner. Line 64. Right hand side:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[ju.c]

How to Repair the WinXP Recycle Bin

1. Open the Run box and enter: cmd

2. In the command window, type:
rd /s c:\recycled
Press <ENTER>

3. Download Doug Knox's recycbin-2.reg file:
Info: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/rec_bin.htm
Download: http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts/recycbin-2.reg

5. Double-click it or right-click and merge it into the registry.

6. Restart your computer.


ju.c