How to hide recycle bin from desktop on Windows XP (and on Windows Vista)

Tuesday, October 9, 2007 2:10
Posted in category Microsoft Windows

On Windows XP, if using the XP style, add DWord value with name “{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}” and value “1″ in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel\

On Windows XP, if using the classic style, add DWord value with name “{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}” and value “1″ in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu\

On Windows Vista, click on the recycle bin, press “del” or “canc” on the keyboard.

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One Response to “How to hide recycle bin from desktop on Windows XP (and on Windows Vista)”

  1. jriggs says:

    July 5th, 2009 at 2:09 pm

    Actually you can do this in XP without a registry hack. I did a write-up here:
    http://joe-riggs.com/blog/2009/05/hide-recycle-bin-on-xp-desktop/

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