Your Questions About Recycling

The Expert answers:

To edit the registry to make the Recycle Bin icon reappear on the desktop, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.

3. Locate the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerDesktopNameSpace

4. Right-click the registry key that you located in step 3, point to New, and then click Key.

5. Type {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}, and then press ENTER.

6. Click the new {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E} key that you created in step 5.

7. In the right pane, double-click the (Default) entry.

8. In the Edit String dialog box, type Recycle Bin in the Value data box, and then click OK.

9. Quit Registry Editor.

The Expert answers:

Yes. Someone can undelete something deleted from the recycle bin. It’s pretty easy.

When you delete a file from the Recycle bin, it removes the first character of the file name, and removes it from the directory. Just search for ‘undelete program’. Typically, it’ll run and turn up tons of programs that were deleted.

If you DON’T want someone to find whatever you want to delete, rename it first to a single character name with no extension. For example, you can rename sexypicture.jpg to q, and then delete it. After you’ve deleted several “q” files, they’ll be difficult to get back — no one will know what they really are.

Good luck

The Expert answers:

Double-click the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop.

The Expert answers:

Yes it will be deleted.
If a file is too large for the recycle bin it just gets deleted without going to the recycle bin.
You can adjust the amount of disk space available for the recycle bin if you have Windows 7 or Vista (and possibly XP)

The Expert answers:

Microsoft offers solutions to this problem here

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/810869

If you cannot restore the Recycle Bin by using the resolutions that are listed in this article, work around this issue by creating a shortcut to the Recycle Bin:

1. Click Start, and then click My Computer.
2. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
3. Click the View tab, and then click to clear the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) check box.
4. Click Yes when the warning message appears, and then click OK to close the Folder Options dialog box.
5. Click Folders on the toolbar.

Note If Folders is not visible on the toolbar, point to Toolbars on the View menu, and then click Standard Buttons.
6. In the left pane, under Folders, locate the Recycle Bin folder, and then drag the Recycle Bin folder to the desktop.
7. On the Tools menu, click Folder Options.
8. Click the View tab, and then click to select the Hide protected operating system files (Recommended) check box. Click OK.

Note This procedure does not re-create the original icon. However, this procedure restores most of the features of the Recycle Bin, including the following:

* Delete a file by dragging it to the Recycle Bin icon on your Desktop.
* Retrieve a file that you deleted by double-clicking the Recycle Bin icon on your Desktop, right-clicking the file that you want to retrieve, and then clicking Restore.
* Empty the Recycle Bin by right-clicking the Recycle Bin icon on your Desktop, and then clicking Empty Recycle Bin.

When you use these step to work around the problem, you cannot right-click the Recycle Bin shortcut to access the Recycle Bin Properties. To set properties for the Recycle Bin, follow these steps:

1. Double-click the Recycle Bin shortcut on the Desktop. The Recycle Bin folder opens.
2. In the upper left corner of the Recycle Bin folder, right-click the Recycle Bin icon, and then click Properties.

The Expert answers:

The recycle bin is a protected folder and so it can’t be viewed through normal means. Follow these steps to get the folder.

First thing’s first. Go to control panel. Select classic view. Go to folder options. Click the tab “view” at the top. Unheck the box labeled “hide protected operating system files” and also check the box labeled “show hidden files and folders”. Then click ok and ignore the warning. You can change it back later if you wish.

Then go to My Computer and click your C: drive. Recycle bin will be a folder labeled $Recycle.bin

Your recycle bin contents will be somewhere in here.

The Expert answers:

Well, I see no way of getting a recycle bin on your USB Flash drive. If you delete files on your USB it gets stored on the COMPUTER’S recycle bin. Why don’t you just create a folder and name it Recycle bin? Create the folder, right-click it, select properties and click customize. Click “change icon”. Now choose the Recycle bin icon. That’s a simple solution.

The Expert answers:

Below is a tips of how to recover your recycle bin if same no longer appears on your windows desktop :-
To proceed , access the registry :
Go to menu Start > Run and type regedit
Scroll to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionExplorerDesktopNameSpace
Create a new key and name as follows:

{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

Double-click on the default value and assign the following value:
@ = “Recycle Bin”

The Expert answers:

(In Windows 7)

Go to “My Computer”, press the “ALT” key on your keyboard and a menu will show up with “File”, “Edit”, “View”, “Tools” and “Help”. Click on “Tools” and then click on “Folder Options”. Click on the “View” tab and un-check the box beside “Hide Protected Operating System Files (Recommended).”

A warning will come up. Click “Yes” and then click “Ok” in “Folder Options.” Now go into the hard drive of your computer (usually the C:/ drive) and look for a folder called “$Recycle.Bin” and open it. Now right-click on the Recycle Bin icon and select “Send To > Desktop (Create Shortcut).”

A shortcut to your Recycle Bin will show up on your desktop.