How To Restore Your Recycle Bin on Vista

Posted November 11, 2009 by David in Development

So I accidentally deleted the Recycle Bin on my Desktop by selecting all items and deleting. Well I thought a simple undo delete would fix the issue but unfortunately it restored everything except for the Recycle Bin. I performed a quick Google Search and found the quickest fix possible. Figured this could be useful to others so here you go..

By: Ramesh Srinivasan / WinHelpOnline.Com

Restore Recycle Bin icon to the Desktop

Click Start, type Control desk.cpl,,@Web and press Enter
In the Desktop Icon Settings dialog, enable the Recycle Bin checkbox
Click OK

Another way to access the Desktop Icon Settings dialog is to right-click on the Desktop, click Personalize, and in the left pane, click Change desktop icons.