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Category: Recycle Bin

  • Windows 7 Tips

    Manage the Delete Confirmation Dialog box in Windows 7

    The confirmation dialog box that pops up when you want to delete a file or folder is meant to prevent accidental deletion of data. It can be a great thing in some situations, and very annoying in others. Let’s take a look at managing the messages and how to prevent users from turning it off.
    Turn Off Delete Confirmation Dialog Box
    If you’re a system administrator or a power user, having Windows pop up a confirmation screen every time you want to delete a file becomes annoying. To turn the messages off, simply right-click the Recycle Bin and select Properties.
    In the Recycle Bin Properties screen uncheck the box next to Display delete confirmation dialog the click Apply and OK.
    Prevent Users from Turning off Delete Confirmation Dialog Box
    Unless you know what you’re doing, it isn’t recommended to turn off the delete confirmation dialog box, as it can prevent accidental deletions. For beginner and novice users, taking the extra step of answering the confirmation message is quite important. We can change a setting in Local Group Policy Editor to make sure this safeguard is always on and can’t be turned off.
    Click on Start and type in gpedit.msc into the search box.
    Navigate to User Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Windows Explorer then double click on Display confirmation dialog when deleting files.
    You will want to Enable it to make sure it is always on and users can’t turn it off.
    After you close out of Local Group Policy Editor, go back to the Recycle Bin properties and you’ll see the dialog is enabled and grayed out so users cannot change it.
    You can also achieve the same setting through the Registry. Click Start and type regedit into the search box and hit Enter.
    In Registry Editor navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer then right-click and create a new DWORD value.

    Name it ConfirmFileDelete and give it a value of “1”. You’ll need to log off and back on again for the setting to go into effect.

    Again, these steps are not meant for beginners and unless you know what you’re doing there is no reason for you to try this. However, if you’re an experienced user and annoyed by the Delete confirmation box but want to make sure it stays enabled for others, these steps will help you out.

  • Windows 7 Tips

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    How To Add Recycle Bin to “My Computer” in Windows 7 or Vista
    Have you ever wanted to add the Recycle Bin to your My Computer screen? Yeah, it’s probably not the most common request, but here’s how to do it anyway with a simple registry hack.
    To make this tweak, we’ll be doing a quick registry hack, but there’s a downloadable version provided as well.
    Manual Registry Tweak to Add Recycle Bin
    Open up regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following key:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace
    Now that you’re there, you’ll need to right-click and create a new key.
    Name the key with the following text:
    {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
    Once you are done, it should look like this:

    Now you should be able to hit F5 on your My Computer screen, or close it and re-open.



  • Windows 7 Tips

    Add the Recycle Bin to the Taskbar in Windows 7

    When you’re busy multi-tasking on your PC, sometimes getting to the Recycle Bin can a pain. Today we take a look at a couple of different methods for adding the Recycle Bin to your Taskbar for easier access.
    Add Recycle Bin to Taskbar
    The first thing you want to do is create a new shortcut on the desktop.
    Now for the location type in or copy and paste the following:
    explorer.exe shell:RecycleBinFolder
    It should look like this, then click the Next button.
    Now name it Recycle Bin or whatever you wish to call it and click Finish.
    Now we need to change the icon to the look of the Recycle Bin so right-click the icon and go to Properties.
    Click on the Change Icon button.
    Type or copy and paste the following into the field for where to look for icons and hit Enter.
    %SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll
    In the new window of icons just scroll over a bit and find the Recycle Bin select it and click OK.
    Click on Apply and OK to close out of the Recycle Bin Properties screen and you’ll now have your new Recycle Bin shortcut. You can either drag it to your Taskbar or right-click and select Pin to Taskbar.

    There you go! Now you have the Recycle Bin on the Taskbar, and if you want to remove it just unpin it.

    This gives you another way to quickly access the Recycle Bin while you are busy multi-tasking. Also, you will probably want to remove the shortcut you made on the desktop. With this method you can’t drag items directly to the icon on the Taskbar, but it let’s you open up the bin.


  • Windows 7 Tips

    Add the Recycle Bin to Start Menu in Windows 7

    Have you ever tried to open the Recycle Bin by searching for “recycle bin” in the Start menu search, only to find nothing?  Here’s a quick trick that will let you find the Recycle Bin directly from your Windows Start menu search.
    The Start menu search may be the best timesaver ever added to Windows.  In fact, we use it so much that it seems painful to manually search for a program when using Windows XP or older versions of Windows.  You can easily find files, folders, programs and more through the Start menu search in both Vista and Windows 7. However, one thing you cannot find is the recycle bin; if you enter this in the start menu search it will not find it. Here’s how to add the Recycle Bin to your Start menu search.
    What to do
    To access the Recycle Bin from the Start menu search, we need to add a shortcut to the start menu.  Windows includes a personal Start menu folder, and an All Users start menu folder which all users on the computer can see.  This trick only works in the personal Start menu folder.
    Open up an Explorer window (Simply click the Computer link in the start menu), click the white part of the address bar, and, enter the following (substitute your username for your_user_name) and hit Enter.
    C:\Users\your_user_name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
    Now, right-click in the folder, select New, and then click Shortcut.
    In the location box, enter the following:
    explorer.exe shell:RecycleBinFolder
    When you’ve done this, click Next.
    Now, enter a name for the shortcut.  You can enter Recycle Bin like the standard shortcut, or you could name it something else such as Trash, if that’s easier for you to remember.  Click Finish when your done.
    By default it will have a folder icon.  Let’s switch that to the standard Recycle Bin icon.  Right-click on the new shortcut and click Properties.
    Click Change Icon.
    Type the following in the “Look for icons in this file:” box, and press the Enter key on your keyboard:
    %SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll
    Now, scroll and find the Recycle Bin icon and click OK.
    Click OK in the previous dialog, and now your Recycle Bin shortcut has the correct icon.
    You can even have multiple shortcuts with different names, so when you searched either Recycle Bin or Trash it would come up in the Start menu.  To do that, simply repeat these directions, and enter another name of your choice at the prompt.  Here we have both a Recycle Bin and a Trash icon.

    Now, when you enter Recycle Bin (or trash, depending on what you chose) in your Start menu search, you will see it at the top of your Start menu.  Simply press Enter or click on the icon to open the Recycle Bin.

  • Windows 7 Tips

    Remove Recycle bin in Windows 7 using GPEdit (Group Policy Editor)
    Recycle bin from Windows 7 Desktop can easily be removed using gpedit. This setting removes the Recycle Bin icon from the desktop, from Windows Explorer, from programs that use the Windows Explorer windows, and from the standard Open dialog box.
    • Open Run Dialogue Box (Win + R) and type gpedit.msc
    • Navigate to Local Computer policy > User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Desktop in left hand side pane.
    • Select Remove Recycle Bin policy icon from Desktop setting from right side pane.
    • Open it and enable it to Remove Recycle Bin.
    • Press OK

    Note: To make changes to this setting effective, you must log off and then log back on.

  • Windows 7 Tips

    Remove Recycle bin in Windows 7
    Recycle bin from Windows 7 Desktop can easily be removed.
    How to Remove Recycle bin?
    • Click on Start and select Control panel.
    • Navigate to following address: Control Panel > All control Panel Items > Personalization
    • On left side pane Click on Change Desktop Icons
    • This would popup Desktop Icon Settings

    • Uncheck Recycle Bin
    • Press OK to Remove Recycle Bin with immediate effect.