Delete Recycle Bin Icon from desktop in Windows XP / 2003

You can delete everything from desktop except recycle bin. Today im going to tell you a registry trick. in this trick i m gonna teach you How to delete the Recycle Bin icon from the desktop in Windows XP/2003?

To delete the Recycle Bin icon from the Windows XP/2003 desktop follow these steps:

• Open Registry Editor.
  Click start then type regedit in run dialog box  
•  In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer
  \ Desktop \ NameSpace
  
• Find the following key:{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

• Delete the above key.
  Note: As always, before making changes to your registry you should always make sure you have a valid backup. In cases where you're supposed to delete or modify keys or values from the registry it is possible to first export that key or value(s) to a .REG file before performing the changes.
• Close Registry Editor.There is no need to reboot. Just wait a few seconds and see how the icon disappears from the desktop. 
• In order to restore the Recycle Bin icon to the desktop just re-create the missing key (or import it back to the registry in case you've exported it earlier).In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:

  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer
  \ Desktop \ NameSpace 

• Create the following key:

  {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
  (just copy/paste, including the brackets).
  Done!