How do I get rid of the recycle bin icon on top of every icon on my desktop?
When I downloaded a program called StypeXP, the recycle bin icon is on top of all my other icons on my desktop. The icons still work fine but it is harder to tell the difference between all of my icons. I have windows vista.
Follow the steps which are given below:
1. Click on the Start Menu and go to Run (or just press Win+R, save one second!).
2. Type in regedit and hit Enter.
3. Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace (you can press first letter of branch name for faster navigation)
4. Do you see {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} branch? Create backup at first, right-click NameSpace and select Export.
5. Delete the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} branch or just rename it to OLD-{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} (I think that rename is a good idea – in this case you can easy restore it)
6. Right-click your desktop and select Refresh. There is no the Recycle Bin icon more!:)
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August 29 2009 08:59 am | Icon
CAB on 29 Aug 2009 at 2:10 pm #
Deleting Recycle Bin icon :
* Open registry Editor(regedit.exe) in Run Under start menu.
* Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\
Desktop\NameSpace\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
* Delete the Key {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} by right clicking on it & selecting Delete
* Then close the editor.
* Reboot or Restart your PC
after this your Recycle Bin icon will be removed from the desktop…
Bringing Back Recycle Bin Icon on Desktop again :
* Open registry Editor(regedit.exe) in Run Under start menu.
* Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ Desktop\NameSpace
* Then right click on NameSpace,select New & then select Key & name it as
{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
* Your Recycle Bin icon will again be restored….
References :
http://dreadbob.blogspot.com/2007/10/remove-recycle-bin-from-desktop-in-xp.html
Vito on 29 Aug 2009 at 2:50 pm #
Drag it to another corner or something, But if you just dont want it anymore right click on it and click remove. Oh and right click and click proerties, and tick the dont send files to recycling bin option, if you dont want to keep going to it.
References :
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Sana on 29 Aug 2009 at 3:11 pm #
Follow the steps which are given below:
1. Click on the Start Menu and go to Run (or just press Win+R, save one second!).
2. Type in regedit and hit Enter.
3. Navigate to the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace (you can press first letter of branch name for faster navigation)
4. Do you see {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} branch? Create backup at first, right-click NameSpace and select Export.
5. Delete the {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} branch or just rename it to OLD-{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} (I think that rename is a good idea – in this case you can easy restore it)
6. Right-click your desktop and select Refresh. There is no the Recycle Bin icon more!:)
References :
http://www.360bposolutions.com/