How to hide / show recycle bin on desktop

How to hide / show recycle bin on desktop

Sometimes you might want to hide your Recycle bin from your desktop what ever the reson might be. So now the task is how to hide the Recycle bin.

There are many registry edits or scripts to hide the Recycle Bin from desktop. But sometimes any error in the edit might mess up your system !! So why to risk when you have a readymade program from Microsoft!!

We use TweakUI (a powertoy for Windows XP released by Microsoft) to hide / show Recycle bin from Desktop.
Follow the steps to hide / show Recycle bin from Desktop:

1. Download TweakUI from Microsoft site.
2. install TweakUI powertoy in your XP.
3. open TweakUI and Click on Desktop item present on the left side of the window.
4. Now on the right side you find "Desktop Icons" .
5. Uncheck Recycle bin if you want to HIDE Recycle bin from Desktop.
Check the item named Recycle bin if you want to SHOW Recycle bin on Desktop.
6. Thats all.

In this way you can hide or show Recycle bin from Desktop using a readymade program from Microsoft easily.

Download TweakUI

Microsoft website