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Friday, 17 May 2013

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!

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