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    l33t Hide Recycle Bin Windows XP

    BEFORE EDITING THE REGISTRY ALWAYS TAKE A BACK-UP INCASE SOMETHING GOES WRONG! To take a Registry backup, open Registry Editor Go to File>Export and Export the whole registry, it takes around 200-250MB Space, for good measure, try to take a back up on a external device like, Portable HDD, Thumb Drive or CD/DVD.
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    Open Notepad By Going to Start>All Programs>Accessories>Notepad
    Copy Paste This Into it:

    Code:
    REGEDIT4
    
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\M$\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons]
    
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\M$\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu]
    "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000001
    
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\M$\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
    "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000001
    Now Save The File As Hidebin.reg after saving, Right Click on the file and select 'merge' or just double click on the file. Refresh and No more Recycle Bin!

    If you want to bring it back, Open Notepad and Copy paste this:

    REGEDIT4

    Code:
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\M$\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons]
    
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\M$\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu]
    "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000000
    
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\M$\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
    "{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}"=dword:00000000
    Save the file as Showbin.reg and Double click on it to merge it. Refresh and Recycle Bin Should be back. If not then, Restart.


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    Re: Hide Recycle Bin Windows XP

    thanks for this info mate

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    Re: Hide Recycle Bin Windows XP

    nice to know this info
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    Re: Hide Recycle Bin Windows XP

    good post mate.. thanks

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    Re: Hide Recycle Bin Windows XP

    its a very nice tweak

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    Re: Hide Recycle Bin Windows XP

    great share bro
    cheers!

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    Re: Hide Recycle Bin Windows XP

    An Alternative Way would be to Download TweakUI(147kB), Install it and Run it, Go to Desktop Tab and uncheck 'Recycle Bin' Done!

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    Re: Hide Recycle Bin Windows XP

    good shortcut method
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