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Recycle Bin missing

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by sfisher

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I have a remote user (on Win2000) who claims that her Recycle Bin is missing. Is it possible to delete the icon from the desktop? How do you get it back?

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by saihib

In the registry navigate to following location under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key:
Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace and make sure the following key is there
{e17d4fc0-5564-11d1-83f2-00a0c90dc849}
If it is not you'll need to create it to restore the Recycle Bin
If it is there when you look then I don't know what else to tell you

by saihib

Sorry, wrong key. The correct one is below

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

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