Interesting computer problem

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

Okay, yesterday i let my roommate use my laptop

no big deal, he's used it before.

however, this time, he deleted my recycle bin.

again, i thought, no big deal. i only had a shortcut link to my recycle bin on the desktop. So, i do a search for my recycle bin.

"no results"

...............

any ideas? This is on vista. I can delete stuff and its sent to the recycle bin, but i cannot find it lol.

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[geowick07 10+ year member]

http://www.ehow.com/how_2254085_restore-recycle-bin-vista-desktop.html

There is also a registry hack to disable deleting the recycle bin, if you want me to find it for you. But this link will at least restore your recycle bin.

 

[silvercookie 5,000+ posts]

vista is the problem

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

http://www.ehow.com/how_2254085_restore-recycle-bin-vista-desktop.html
There is also a registry hack to disable deleting the recycle bin, if you want me to find it for you. But this link will at least restore your recycle bin.

ty for the link!

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

vista is the problem

yeah, the laptop was dirt cheap and i needed one at the time being. I'll hopefully be upgrading to a macbook pro after fishing season this year.

That, and i usually just use my desktop with XP, but im not home hehe

 

[geowick07 10+ year member]

Here is the link to make "Delete Recycle Bin" option not work.... I used it when I was still running Vista.

Remove Delete from the Recycle Bin Properties

Here is an ideal solution for when you have an incompetent user, who keep on deleting their Recycle Bin, and then pesters you to cure their clumsiness. My mission is to edit the registry and re-program the Recycle Bin's short cut menu.

Registry Tweak - Remove Delete from the Recycle Bin Properties1) Launch regedit (See more details on starting regedit)

2) In Regedit, navigate to the following key:

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

3) To create a new registry Key called 'Shell', click on the Edit Menu, New, select: Key and name it 'Shell'. You should now have:

HKCR\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\Shell

3) Under Shell create a new (Sub) Key called 'Delete'. Click on the Edit Menu, New, select: Key. You should now have:

HKCR\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}\Shell\Delete

4) Edit the 'Default' REG_SZ, as this is just a string value for display you could set to anything you like, for example 'YourName's Indestructible Bin'.

Conclusion

What you have done is replace a working function called 'Delete', with a cosmetic label called Xyz's Indestructible Bin. The sole purpose is to prevent users pressing 'Delete' and thus losing their Recycle Bin.

 

[geowick07 10+ year member]

vista is the problem

Vista is not the problem. Nothing wrong with Vista for the average user. It's the tweakers and the modders that have problems with Vista. I am a tweaker, and tried Vista, didn't like it, and reverted back to XP.

But, like I said, for the average user, Vista works just fine.

 

[Jmac 10+ year member]

Right-click empty part of desktop > Personalize > Change desktop icons (left column) > Check Recycle Bin > Click OK