talha_syed Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 Hi there. When I installed XP, I was bothered by the Recycle Bin sitting on the desktop. I went to a tips site (don't remeber which one) which outlined a way to delete the icon *completely* through a regedit method. Problem is, I want the icon back since C:Recycled doesn't have the full functionality as the Bin in the desktop. However, I do not remember what keys I originally deleted from the registry for the hack, and thus cannot 'reverse-engineer'. If anyone knows the soloution to the problem, please post it here. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aco Veteran Posted December 28, 2001 Veteran Share Posted December 28, 2001 TweakUI can restore/remove the Recycle Bin to/from the desktop. If you don't have it, I recommend getting it. It is free and comes with Windows XP Powertoys: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release...a=top&ordinal=6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr33k Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 see if this helps Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerDesktopNameSpace{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}] @="Recycle Bin" rename as .reg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceHawk Posted December 28, 2001 Share Posted December 28, 2001 You know actually deleting your files works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talha_syed Posted December 28, 2001 Author Share Posted December 28, 2001 TweakUI can restore/remove the Recycle Bin to/from the desktop. If you don't have it, I recommend getting it. It is free and comes with Windows XP Powertoys: Tweak UI wont work unfortunately :(see if this helps Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCur rentVersionExplorerDesktopNameSpace{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}] @="Recycle Bin" rename as .reg Thanks for the tip but it doesn't seem to be working. I go into Notepad and save it as a REG file. Then I proceed to right-clikc and select 'MERGE', but I get an error telling me to do it within regedit So I go to regedit, and attempt to imprt the REG file. BUT, I still get an error saying it's not a valid binary file or something. So can anyone lese help me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aco Veteran Posted December 29, 2001 Veteran Share Posted December 29, 2001 Give this a go: Open "gpedit.msc" from the run box Navigate to User ConfigurationAdministrative TemplatesDesktop[/b] Right-click on the "Remove Recycle Bin icon from desktop" option and click Properties Set it as Disabled, then click OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barzoom Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 system restore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
talha_syed Posted December 31, 2001 Author Share Posted December 31, 2001 system restore I disabled system restore. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boobless Posted December 31, 2001 Share Posted December 31, 2001 start > run > type sfc /now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aco Veteran Posted December 31, 2001 Veteran Share Posted December 31, 2001 Did you try the group editor thing I suggested? :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Elі Subscriber² Posted December 31, 2001 Subscriber² Share Posted December 31, 2001 Have you tried the 'Repair' utility on your WindowsXP CD ? That would restore any changes you have made to the system which are not supported by MS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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