Windows 7 Tips

Manage the Delete Confirmation Dialog box in Windows 7

The confirmation dialog box that pops up when you want to delete a file or folder is meant to prevent accidental deletion of data. It can be a great thing in some situations, and very annoying in others. Let’s take a look at managing the messages and how to prevent users from turning it off.

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Windows 7 Tips

How To Add Recycle Bin to “My Computer” in Windows 7 or Vista

Have you ever wanted to add the Recycle Bin to your My Computer screen? Yeah, it’s probably not the most common request, but here’s how to do it anyway with a simple registry hack.

To make this tweak, we’ll be doing a quick registry hack, but there’s a downloadable version provided as well.

Manual Registry Tweak to Add Recycle Bin

Open up regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then browse down to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace

Now that you’re there, you’ll need to right-click and create a new key.

Name the key with the following text:

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

Once you are done, it should look like this:

Now you should be able to hit F5 on your My Computer screen, or close it and re-open.

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Windows 7 Tips

Add the Recycle Bin to the Taskbar in Windows 7

When you’re busy multi-tasking on your PC, sometimes getting to the Recycle Bin can a pain. Today we take a look at a couple of different methods for adding the Recycle Bin to your Taskbar for easier access.

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Windows 7 Tips

Add the Recycle Bin to Start Menu in Windows 7

Have you ever tried to open the Recycle Bin by searching for “recycle bin” in the Start menu search, only to find nothing?  Here’s a quick trick that will let you find the Recycle Bin directly from your Windows Start menu search.

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Windows 7 Tips

Remove Recycle bin in Windows 7 using GPEdit (Group Policy Editor)

Recycle bin from Windows 7 Desktop can easily be removed using gpedit. This setting removes the Recycle Bin icon from the desktop, from Windows Explorer, from programs that use the Windows Explorer windows, and from the standard Open dialog box.

• Open Run Dialogue Box (Win + R) and type gpedit.msc
• Navigate to Local Computer policy > User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Desktop in left hand side pane.
• Select Remove Recycle Bin policy icon from Desktop setting from right side pane.
• Open it and enable it to Remove Recycle Bin.
• Press OK

Note: To make changes to this setting effective, you must log off and then log back on.

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Windows 7 Tips

Remove Recycle bin in Windows 7

Recycle bin from Windows 7 Desktop can easily be removed.

How to Remove Recycle bin?

• Click on Start and select Control panel.
• Navigate to following address: Control Panel > All control Panel Items > Personalization
• On left side pane Click on Change Desktop Icons
• This would popup Desktop Icon Settings

• Uncheck Recycle Bin
• Press OK to Remove Recycle Bin with immediate effect.

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