From: "Doug Simmons" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Recycle Bin has disappeared!
> A tip that I picked up somewhere if you feel comfortable with editing the
> registry:
> ======================
> Lost Trash Can?
>
> Open the Registry Editor--select Start, Run, type
>
> Regedit
>
> and click OK--and navigate your way to
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> \CurrentVersion\explorer\Desktop\NameSpace. In the left pane,
> right-click the NameSpace key and select New, Key. Type exactly
>
> {645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
>
> and press Enter. (Tip: To save yourself some typing, copy the above
> line to your Clipboard, then press Ctrl-V after selecting New, Key,
> above.) In the right pane, right-click (Default) and select Modify. In
> the resulting Edit String dialog box, on the Value data line, type
>
> Recycle Bin
>
> and click OK. Close the Registry Editor, click the desktop once, press
> F5 (for refresh), and there's your Recycle Bin icon!
>
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This would only work if you have not lost the actual configuration for the
recycle bin which is located in the registry under:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
This registry key has all of the settings for the recycle bin, including
icons for default, empty and full, and attributes. If you change the
attributes value under ShellFolder from 40 01 00 20 to 50 01 00 20 you can
add "Rename" to the right click menu of the recycle bin and rename it any
time you want. This is a binary value and you have to double click the 40
to highlight it to make the change.
Mary Wolden
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