Hide The Recycle Bin Icon

Windows XP gives you the ability to have the My Computer, My Network Places, etc hidden on the desktop, but not the recycle bin.

If you have a recycle bin in the dock, like me, you probably don't want another one just chillin on the desktop.

you could always not show icons on the desktop, but that takes up lots of extra memory in XP. Instead, you can just hide the recycle bin the same way XP hides My Computer.

Download and run these registry files to hide/show the recycle bin on the windows XP desktop:

Hide: hide-bin.reg

Show: show-bin.reg

Enjoy!

#6847

Or you could use tweakui which lets you enable\disable it with a check box.

#6848

or u could go to start- run and type gpedit.msc and do it from there

#6943

If I am sharing a Windows XP Professional with someone who doesn't skin. Will it get rid of the Recycle Bin on their side as well as mine?

#6946

I have accidentally deleted the recycle bin on my desktop. how to view it back? i have tried using 3rd party prog. , but still the bin does not appear

#6954

maybe this is another solution, it also lets you to hide ALL the icons on your desktop, right-click your desktop, and select arrange icons, then uncheck "show desktop icons" that way, "another wallpaper", will cover your current, that way, no icons will shown.

Hope it helps to others.

#6960

Thanks mmr_85, I'll try it as soon as I get home to my PC. i'm on a Mac right now (pathetic OS 9.2!)

#7033

for me, is kinda resource eating, but i dont know how it might work on faster computers.

good luck

#7153