Recycle Bin Mystery

It's too easy to accidentally delete the Recycle Bin in Vista, but of course
you can put it back by clicking "Personalize" and "Change Desktop Icons".
However, when I did this I ended up with an empty recycle bin that *stays*
empty, no matter whether it has deleted items in it or not. Yes, I can
right-click it and see whether it's full or not, but there should be a way
to get it back to normal, so that it shows when it has something in it --
shouldn't there?!

LesleyO

LesleyO wrote:
> It's too easy to accidentally delete the Recycle Bin in Vista, but of
> course you can put it back by clicking "Personalize" and "Change
> Desktop Icons". However, when I did this I ended up with an empty
> recycle bin that *stays* empty, no matter whether it has deleted
> items in it or not. Yes, I can right-click it and see whether it's
> full or not, but there should be a way to get it back to normal, so
> that it shows when it has something in it -- shouldn't there?!
>
> LesleyO
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Have a look at the following article:

Windows Vista -
Recycle Bin icon does not refresh automatically
http://tinyurl.com/2qb947

http://www.winhelponline.com/article...matically.html

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LesleyO;613726 Wrote:
> It's too easy to accidentally delete the Recycle Bin in Vista, but of
> course
> you can put it back by clicking "Personalize" and "Change Desktop
> Icons".
> However, when I did this I ended up with an empty recycle bin that
> *stays*
> empty, no matter whether it has deleted items in it or not. Yes, I can
> right-click it and see whether it's full or not, but there should be a
> way
> to get it back to normal, so that it shows when it has something in it
> --
> shouldn't there?!
>
> LesleyO

Hi LesleyO,

This will show you how to fix the refreshing problem with your Recycle
Bin.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/66...cycle-bin.html


If you would like to, this will show you how to replace "Delete" in the
Recycle Bin context menu.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/68...-bin-menu.html

Shawn


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Recycle Bin icon does not refresh automatically:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...matically.html

How to hide the "Delete" command from Recycle Bin context menu in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html

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"LesleyO " <> wrote in message news:%...
It's too easy to accidentally delete the Recycle Bin in Vista, but of course
you can put it back by clicking "Personalize" and "Change Desktop Icons".
However, when I did this I ended up with an empty recycle bin that *stays*
empty, no matter whether it has deleted items in it or not. Yes, I can
right-click it and see whether it's full or not, but there should be a way
to get it back to normal, so that it shows when it has something in it --
shouldn't there?!

LesleyO