Desktop Without Recyclebin

Wanna to remove recycle bin from the desktop

1. Go to run and type regedit(or regedit32) and click ok.

2. You have reached registry editor.

3. Now navigate the following entries in the registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\
SOFTWARE\
Microsoft\
Windows\
CurrentVersion\
Explorer\
Desktop\
NameSpace\
{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

4. Now Delete this key. i.e {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}


5. Now close registry editor and restart you computer.

Surprise Surprise you don’t have a recycle bin on your desktop any more…..


To get back the recycle bin on the desktop

1. navigate back through those registry entries

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

2. Now right click on NameSpace to create a new key.

3. Rename the key to {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

4. Now set the default value to Recycle Bin.

5. Again restart your computer to find your recycle bin back.