Remove Recycle Bin from Desktop in Windows XP

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Does that recycle Bin icon on your desktop makes you go crazy? Then this is step-by-step, how you can remove remove the Recycle Bin Icon from your desktop. recyclebin

You can use TweakUI or make the changes manually into the registry.

Removing the Recycle Bin

1. Using a text editor like Notepad create a text file, now copy the below registry code, and save the file as ‘RemoveRecycleBin.reg’.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu] "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel] "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000001

2. Now double-click the file to import this code into the registry.

Showing Recycle Bin

1. Using a text editor like Notepad create a text file, now copy the below registry code, and save the file as ‘ShowRecycleBin.reg’.

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu] "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel] "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000000

2. Now double-click the file to import this code into the registry.

all done

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