Remove Recycle Bin from Desktop in Windows XP

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.

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